Chinese mainland reports 2,723 new local Covid-19 cases

Beijing, April 18 : The Chinese mainland has reported 2,723 locally-transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases, of which 2,417 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commissions Monday report.

Apart from Shanghai, 15 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local Covid-19 cases, including 166 in the northeastern province of Jilin.

Shanghai also reported 19,831 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, out of a total of 20,639 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland, Xinhua news agency reported.A total of 1,637 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, said the daily report.

That brought the mainlands total number of Covid-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 151,407 as of Sunday.On Saturday, 33,882 close contacts were released from medical observation on the mainland, the report said.Three new deaths from Covid-19 were reported on Sunday in Shanghai, according to the report.int/khz/ #Chinese #mainland #Covid #Beijing #Coronavirus #Covid-19.