China reports nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday. China reported nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Friday, the same number as the previous day, with all of them travelling into the country from overseas, the national health authority said on Saturday, Reuters reports. Three of the imported cases were in Shanghai, with two each in the coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong. The remaining two were in southwest China's Sichuan, the National Health Commission said. Total confirmed cases in China have now reached 85,022, with 4,634 deaths.

Source: The Standard August 29, 2020 05:43 UTC