China reports eight new COVID-19 cases, all imported
27 August, 2020
China reported eight new COVID-19 cases in the mainland as of Aug 26, down from 15 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Thursday (Aug 27).
Each of the new cases were imported infections, which involve travellers from overseas, marking the 11th consecutive day of no locally transmitted infections reported. China also reported 19 new asymptomatic infections, weighed against 14 a day earlier.
The full total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections for mainland China now stands at 85,004, as the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634. China will not count asymptomatic patients, who are infected with the coronavirus however, not showing symptoms, as confirmed cases.
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