The central Chinese city of Wuhan, as the center of coronavirus outbreak, reported no new infections for the first time. While in Beijing, the imported cases surged by a record and led by new infections.
According to Reuters, the new imported infections also accounted for all of the new confirmed cases in mainland China. It placed more pressure on authorities to screen travelers at key travel hubs.
On the other hand, In Mainland China, 34 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, the country’s National Health Commission said. It was more than doubling from 13 cases a day earlier.
Beijing accounted for 21 cases of the 34 imported infections, a daily record for the city. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,928, the health authority said in a statement on Thursday.
The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China had reached 3,245 as of the end of Wednesday, up by eight from the previous day.
In the central province of Hubei, there were eight new deaths. The provincial capital of Wuhan accounting for six of the fatalities.
According to Aljazeera, new cases of the coronavirus outbreak that emerged in Wuhan, China is being the trending topics around the world. The first time this case raised from the late of December until now.
According to WHO, at least 7,873 people globally have died from coronavirus, as the illness is officially known. More than 194,000 infections have been confirmed at least 164 countries and territories.
Overall, the coronavirus had infected almost all people over the world since the first time this case raised.