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China has reported 31 new cases of Corona virus including 30 imported ones while the death toll reached 3,304 with four more fatalities, health officials said today. The country’s National Health Commission (NHC) in its daily report said, 31 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland were reported yesterday of which 30 were imported, taking the total number to 723.
It said, a new domestic case was reported in Gansu province. The four deaths were reported from the virus epicentre Hubei province, it said. The NHC said, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland has reached 81,470 by the end yesterday.
This included 3,304 people died of the disease, 2,396 patients still being treated and 75,770 patients discharged after recovery. It said that 168 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus, 165 of whom were from abroad.
By the end of Sunday, 641 confirmed cases including four deaths have been reported from Hong Kong, 38 confirmed cases in Macao and 298 in Taiwan including three deaths. A total of 118 patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macao and 39 in Taiwan have been discharged from the hospital after recovery.
China yesterday resumed domestic flights in the Corona virus epicentre Hubei province, except for its capital Wuhan, as part of a plan to ease the lockdown in the region following a steep decline in the number of confirmed cases.
According to Johns Hopkins Corona virus Resource Centre, more than 32,000 people have died of the virus and 6 lakh 84 thousand 652 have been infected globally.