Shanghai Adds Six Covid-19 Cases From Overseas
Xia Ruirui
DATE:  Mar 30 2020
/ SOURCE:  yicai
Shanghai Adds Six Covid-19 Cases From Overseas Shanghai Adds Six Covid-19 Cases From Overseas

(Yicai Global) March 30 -- Shanghai reported six new imported novel coronavirus cases yesterday, bringing the eastern Chinese financial hub's total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 498 as of yesterday, the city's health commission said this morning.

The new additions are all Chinese citizens, four of whom arrived in Shanghai from the UK and two who travelled from the US, according to the commission. 

Authorities have traced 26 people who had been in contact with the patients during their journeys and placed them under quarantine, it added.

Some 19 suspected cases, also involving people who have recently been overseas, are undergoing further tests.

The commission logged no new suspected or confirmed domestically transmitted cases yesterday.

Shanghai has confirmed a total of 498 Covid-19 cases so far, including 159 from overseas. Some 152 of the patients who brought the virus into the city are being treated, with three in serious condition. Seven have been discharged upon recovery.

Of the 339 local cases, five patients have died, six are in critical condition and one is stable. A total of 327 patients have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital, the commission said.

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