SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 137 new confirmed coronavirus instances on Feb. 18, the nation’s nationwide well being authority mentioned on Saturday, up from 87 a day earlier.
Of the brand new instances, 80 had been regionally transmitted, the Nationwide Well being Fee mentioned, in contrast with 40 a day earlier. These included 46 instances within the northern Chinese language area of Internal Mongolia.
The variety of new asymptomatic instances, which China doesn’t classify as confirmed instances, was 37, in contrast with 45 a day earlier.
There have been no new deaths, leaving the dying toll at 4,636. As of Feb. 18, mainland China had confirmed 107,512 instances.
(Reporting by Andrew Galbraith; Modifying by William Mallard)
Supply: KFGO
