The Chinese authorities have identified 29,411 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past day, which is a new record since the beginning of the pandemic, TASS reports citing a report by the State Administration of Health and Hygiene of China.
Symptoms of Covid-19 were observed in 3020 infected. 21 of them came from abroad, the rest were infected within the country. The largest number of infected in Shanghai (2573).
The remaining 26,391 are asymptomatic carriers of the disease. Most of the asymptomatic cases are again from Shanghai – 25,146.
In total, there have been 171,300 confirmed cases of coronavirus in China since the beginning of the pandemic (Chinese authorities do not include asymptomatic patients). 4638 people died.
The epidemiological situation in the country remains difficult. Over the past month, local cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in 30 out of 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of China.