Today, Friday, the National Health Committee of China announced the registration of 98 new confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus, on Thursday, compared to 62 the day before.
The committee stated in a statement that 79 of the new infections were transmitted locally, compared to 47 the day before.
And 52 new infections were recorded, to which the infection was transmitted locally in the coastal city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, in northeastern China.
The committee said that the number of new infections that do not show symptoms amounted to 35, the same as the number that was recorded the previous day. China does not classify these cases as confirmed cases.
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday on the Chinese mainland was 98,099, while the number of deaths remained stable at 4,636.
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