SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported 19 new COVID-19 cases on April 22, up from six cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Friday.
The National Health Commission said in a statement all of the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, rose to 24 from 16 cases a day earlier.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 90,566, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,636.
(Reporting by Jing Wang and Andrew Galbraith; writing by Se Young Lee; Editing by Kim Coghill)
