China reports five new COVID-19 cases, down from 8 a day earlier
18 May, 2020
Mainland China reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases for May 16, down from eight the prior day, the National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on Sunday (May 17).
Two of the five confirmed cases are so-called imported infections, while three are locally transmitted in northeastern Jilin Province.
The quantity of new asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus fell to 12 from 13, the NHC said.
The number of confirmed cases in the mainland stands at 82,947 and the death toll at 4,634.
In Wuhan, the Chinese city where in fact the COVID-19 pandemic began, authorities are ramping up a massive testing campaign, after confirming last weekend its first cluster of new infections since it premiered from virtual lock down on Apr 8.
The brand new cases - every one of them people who had previously shown no symptoms of the condition - spurred Wuhan authorities to launch a citywide seek out asymptomatic carriers of the virus, aiming to gauge the degree of COVID-19 risk.
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