COVID-19: China reports 2 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday
One new cases was from local transmission with the other imported
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Shanghai/Beijing: China recorded two new coronavirus cases for May 20, down from five a day earlier, the National Health Commission (NHC) reported on Thursday.
One of the new cases was a local transmission, in Shanghai, and one was a so-called imported case involving a traveller from overseas, the commission said in a statement. China also reported one imported case the previous day.
The NHC reported 31 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, up from 16 a day earlier.
The total number of COVID-19 infections in China to date now stands at 82,967. The death toll remained unchanged at 4,634.