Mainland China reported 16 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 20, down from 17 the previous day, with seven cases of local transmission and nine cases originating overseas, the country's health authority said on Saturday. Local officials said on Friday that one community in Tianjin had been placed in lockdown and around 1,900 people have been quarantined, according to the China Daily newspaper. But district official Li Guohua told a news briefing there were no indications so far that these were linked to a previously reported local transmission involving another airport worker. Mainland China reported another 18 cases of asymptomatic cases on Nov. 20, up from 14 on the previous day. It has so far reported an accumulated total of 86,414 COVID-19 cases, with the official death toll at 4,634.

Source: Mint November 21, 2020 02:26 UTC