China has reported 42 new confirmed coronavirus cases and one new death at the end of Thursday, according the country’s National Health Commission.
This raises the national total to 81,907 cases and 3,336 deaths, according to the NHC.
This case total doesn’t reflect the number of active cases, but rather the total number of people infected since the start of the pandemic. Of those total cases, 77,455 patients have now recovered and been discharged from hospital.
Out of the 42 new cases, 38 were imported from overseas. In a separate count, 47 new asymptomatic infections were reported, including 14 imported cases. There are now 1,097 asymptomatic cases under medical observation.
