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China reports 36 new coronavirus cases

China reports 36 new coronavirus cases

By Reuters

A worker checks the temperature of a passenger arriving into Hong Kong International Airport with an infrared thermometer, following the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, China, February 7, 2020. Photo: Reuters

BEIJING: China reported on Wednesday a fall in new confirmed coronavirus cases, with almost all cases imported from overseas. China had 36 new cases on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday, down from 48 a day earlier. All but one of the cases were imported, bringing the total number of imported cases to 806. Another 130 asymptomatic cases were reported, with a total of 1,367 such cases under observation as of March 31. There was one reported new case of a local infection, in Guangdong province.