China reports 12 new coronavirus infections including 8 imported cases

China on April 19 recorded just 12 new coronavirus cases in country, National Health Commission said in its daily briefing. According to reports, out of total 12 infections, eight cases were imported, while or four were local infections. Media reports suggest that three local cases came from country's rastern border province of Heilongjiang and one came from Inner Mongolia. As per reports, China h recorded 16 new cases of coronavirus a day earlier, of which nine cases h foreign links. 

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China on April 19 also reported 49 asymptomatic cases, compared to 44 a day earlier. Asymptomatic cases are apparently more dangerous because patients despite contracting virus fail to show any symptoms and unkwingly spre disease to ors. China has reportedly been able to bend its curve and control outbreak to an extent. total number of infections in country hasn't recorded a surge for fast few weeks, keeping it constant at just over 82,000. Meanwhile, number of deaths, which was also constant for a few weeks, surprisingly rose by 50 per cent on April 17 taking toll from nearly 3,300 to 4,632.

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According to data by worldometer, re are currently 1,031 active infections in China, of which 81 remain under critical condition. China has successfully treated more than 77,000 patients so far. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

coronavirus outbreak has infected over 2.41 million people globally and has killed nearly 1,65,000 patients since it first broke out in December 2019. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in Chinese city of Wuhan, initial epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. United States, Italy, Spain, France, Iran and United Kingdom are currently most affected countries in world. 

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