China reports 9 new mainland COVID-19 cases, all imported
29 August, 2020
China reported nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday (Aug 28), the same number as the prior day, with most of them travelling in to the country from overseas, the national health authority said on Saturday.
Friday marked the 13th consecutive day without the new local transmissions, equalling a previous record.
Three of the imported cases were in Shanghai, with two each in the coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong. The rest of the two were in southwest China's Sichuan, the National Health Commission said.
The commission said another 10 asymptomatic carriers were within Friday, in comparison to 16 a day earlier.
Total confirmed cases in China have finally reached 85,022, with 4,634 deaths.
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