BEIJING, may 20 — RIA Novosti. Five new cases of infection with coronavirus and 16 asymptomatic carriers identified in China over the past day, recovered three patients, there were no fatal outcomes, the message of the state Committee on questions of health of China.
Specifies that of the five new cases in four local (all in Jilin province) and one of the import in the Autonomous region of Inner Mongolia.
In total, during the epidemic in China has been registered 1708 import cases COVID-19, 1662 person has recovered, in hospitals there are 46 patients.
during the epidemic in mainland China were identified 82 965 cases of infection coronavirus infection, of which 78 244 persons recovered, 87 remain in hospitals, 4634 died.
From 1 April, the authorities started to publish data on asymptomatic cases of the disease, for the last day identified 16 such cases, including one import. Per day of quarantine was released 37 people, in which the coronavirus tests were positive, but no typical disease symptoms were not evident. Under the supervision of 368 remain asymptomatic carriers.
Separately in Hong Kong for the time of the epidemic was identified 1055 cases of infection (four people died, 1025 recovered) in Macau has identified 45 cases (45 persons have already been discharged), Taiwan contracted 440 people (seven died, the 401 has recovered).
the Chinese Authorities on 31 December 2019, informed the world health organization about the outbreak of an unknown pneumonia in Wuhan in the Central part of the country (Hubei province). Experts have established that the causative agent is a new coronavirus, and later the disease was officially called COVID-19. March 11, the who declared a pandemic of a novel coronavirus in the world.
