SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 on the mainland as of August 25, and 14 cases reported a day earlier, the country’s fitness officials said Wednesday.
All new cases reported were imported infections, the National Health Commission said in a statement, marking the tenth consecutive day of local transmission.
The total number of cases shown is now 84,996, while the number of deaths has remained unchanged at 4,634.
The commission also reported 14 new asymptomatic cases, up from 16 the previous day. China classifies these asymptomatic infections as shown cases.
(Report via Brenda Goh and Jing Wang; written through Se Young Lee; edited through Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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