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China's Covid-19 surge is infecting 37 million people a day, warns report

China COVID surge: Chinese officials estimate about 250 million people were infected with Covid-19 in the first 20 days of December, Financial Times reported citing people familiar with the matter.

Dec 26, 2022, 07:34 AM IST

China's daily local symptomatic COVID cases more than triple

The number of domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms reported for Saturday spiked from 476 the previous day, data from the National Health Commission showed on Sunday. 

Mar 13, 2022, 15:56 PM IST

China re-imposes fresh lockdowns as COVID-19 cases surge in 11 provinces

The spread of coronavirus infections worried the Chinese government, which insists on a strict zero-COVID policy to stamp out infections. The outbreak was first detected on October 16 among a tour group of fully vaccinated senior citizens from Shanghai who travelled in several northern regions. 

Oct 26, 2021, 14:12 PM IST

China reports 11 new confirmed, 7 asymptomatic coronavirus COVID-19 cases for June 12

China reported 11 new COVID-19 cases and seven asymptomatic cases for June 12, the national health authority said on Saturday. The National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement that five of the new confirmed patients were so-called imported cases involving travellers from overseas.

Jun 13, 2020, 07:34 AM IST

China reports 4 new confirmed, 2 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in mainland

The National Health Commission said the four new confirmed cases were so-called imported cases involving travellers from overseas. The commission a day earlier reported 6 confirmed cases, five of which were imported, and five asymptomatic cases.

Jun 08, 2020, 09:23 AM IST

Mainland China reports 27 new deaths due to coronavirus

The new cases took the total number of confirmed cases in China to 80,695 as at the end of March 7. 

Mar 08, 2020, 08:48 AM IST

Coronavirus death toll in China reaches 1886; WHO doctors begin field inspection

93 more deaths were reported from Hubei Province, the epicentre of the virus, three from Henan, and one each from Hebei and Hunan, according to the National Health Commission.

Feb 18, 2020, 09:41 AM IST