Mainland China vowed to tighten controls at its land borders on Monday as the government reported a surge in new asymptomatic coronavirus cases. The National Health Commission said on Monday that 78 new asymptomatic cases had been identified as of the end of Sunday, compared with 47 the day before. Hubei province, the original coronavirus epicentre, accounted for almost half the new asymptomatic cases. A total of 705 people with asymptomatic cases were under medical observation around mainland China. China has now reported a total of 81,708 coronavirus cases, with 3,331 deaths.

Source: CBC News April 06, 2020 14:37 UTC