Specifically, the country recorded 25,353 new COVID-19 infections on November 17
Unrest reigns in China amid signs of a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Specifically, the country registered 25,353 new COVID-19 infections on November 17, of which 2,362 were symptomatic and 22,991 were asymptomatic, as announced on Friday by the National Health Commission.
This compared to 23,276 new cases just a day earlier – 2,388 symptomatic patients and 20,888 asymptomatic infections, which China even counts separately.
Excluding imported infections, China reported 25,129 new local cases, of which 2,276 were symptomatic and 22,853 were asymptomatic, up from 23,132 the previous day.
There were no new deaths, the same as a day earlier, with the death toll standing at 5,226.
As of Thursday, mainland China had confirmed 281,793 cases with symptoms.
China’s capital, Beijing, reported 100 symptomatic and 366 asymptomatic cases, compared with 172 symptomatic and 262 asymptomatic cases the previous day, according to local government data.
Guangzhou, a southern city of nearly 19 million people, reported 255 new locally transmitted symptomatic cases and 8,989 asymptomatic cases, compared with 275 symptomatic and 8,486 asymptomatic cases the previous day, local authorities said.
Zhengzhou – a major manufacturing hub city – reported 107 new symptomatic locally transmitted COVID infections and 1,556 asymptomatic cases, compared with 136 symptomatic and 1,480 asymptomatic cases the previous day, according to local government data.
Chongqing, according to local authorities, reported 193 new symptomatic locally transmitted COVID infections and 4,473 asymptomatic cases, compared with 172 symptomatic and 3,900 asymptomatic cases the previous day.
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