China reports eight new COVID-19 cases vs 19 a day earlier
Reuters
March 9, 2021 10:48 MYT
March 9, 2021 10:48 MYT
A member of the media gets a nucleic acid test before covering a news conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, March 7, 2021. REUTERS pic
SHANGHAI: China reported eight new COVID-19 cases on March 8, down from 19 a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Tuesday.
The National Health Commission said in a statement that all new cases were imported infections. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to nine from 17 a day earlier.
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China now stand at 90,002. The death toll remains unchanged at 4,636.