While China has drastically reduced the number of reported domestically transmitted cases - the one reported on Sunday was the first in four days - it is seeing a steady rise in imported cases, mostly from Chinese people returning from abroad. On Saturday, China reported 41 new coronavirus cases for the previous day, all of them imported. The latest figures bring China's total reported coronavirus cases to 81,054, with 3,261 deaths, including six on Saturday. The central province of Hubei, where the outbreak first emerged late last year in its capital city of Wuhan, reported its fourth straight day of no new cases. China has used draconian measures to contain the spread of the virus, including locking down Hubei province and more recently stepping up measures to screen and quarantine overseas arrivals.

Source: bd News24 March 22, 2020 06:22 UTC