China reports 1,787 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours

Chinese mainland reported 1,787 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

Of the new local infections, 1,363 were reported in Jilin, 358 in Shanghai, 16 in Heilongjiang, 10 in Zhejiang, and nine in Jiangsu, according to Xinhua News Agency. The rest of the cases were reported in 13 other provincial-level regions, according to the commission.

A total of 40 imported Covid-19 cases were reported Thursday, said the commission. It added that two suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai and no new deaths from Covid-19 were reported on the day.

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases currently undergoing treatment stood at 29,306, of whom 66 were in severe condition. A total of 4,638 patients had died of the virus on the mainland since the outbreak of the disease.

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