(Yicai Global) March 14 -- Shanghai confirmed two more new cases of the novel coronavirus this morning, both from overseas, taking the eastern Chinese metropolis' overall tally to 352, the Shanghai Health Commission said today.

The city has thus far reported 14 so-called imported cases. These two join the four other patients who traveled from Italy the city has confirmed as having the contagion yesterday.

One of these latest patients was a Hunan province native who had been studying in France, according to the commission. She left Paris on March 11 and arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport the next day after a layover in Taipei. She was placed under quarantine upon arrival.

The second was a woman from Zhejiang province who had been studying in Spain. She departed Madrid on March 11 and arrived at the Pudong airport the next day after transiting through Moscow. She was also isolated upon arrival.

A total of 70 people with close contacts with the four infections from Italy verified yesterday have been traced and are now confined in observation facilities, the commission said.

Among all the city's patients, three have died, nine are in critical condition and 324 have fully recovered and left hospital. A further 16 are stable, while another 25 suspected cases are still undergoing tests.

Editor: Ben Armour