Beijing.- The Chinese health authorities today recorded 588 new positives for coronavirus detected this Friday in mainland China, a fact that marks the highest number of new daily cases since the first half of 2020.
Among the new cases, 476 were caused by local contagion in different parts of the country, highlighting those found in the province of Shandong (east, 159), Jilin (north, 134), Tianjin (north, 35), Canton (south, 33) or Shaanxi (north, 39).
The 112 remaining positives are imported from abroad and they were found in cities such as Guangzhou (south, 30) and Shanghai (east, 22), where travelers face a quarantine of up to three weeks on arrival.
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Health authorities also reported today the detection of 1,173 asymptomatic cases, 1,048 by local contagion, although Beijing does not count them as confirmed cases unless they show symptoms.
The total of this type of infections under observation is 5,076, of which 1,452 come from other territories.
The National Health Commission also detailed that, until last local midnight (4:00 p.m. GMT on Friday), 151 patients were discharged after successfully passing the covid-19.
The total number of active infections in mainland China amounts to 5,461, six of whom are serious.
According to the institution’s accounts, since the start of the pandemic, 113,528 people have been infected in the country, among whom 127,434 have managed to recover and 4,636 have died.
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To date, medical follow-up has been carried out on 1,763,059 close contacts with those infected, of which 127,434 remain under observation.
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