For the First time China reported No Death from Coronavirus

beijing sources stated that china on tuesday reported that no new deaths from the deadly coronavirus for the first time since it started publishing figures in january but the number of imported infections increased to 983 with 32 new confirmed cases. China's National health Commission (NHC) on tuesday said that no death was reported on Monday. The official death toll in china is 3,331.

It is a landmark in China's over two-month-long fight against the deadly virus as the country continued to report coronavirus deaths till sunday, especially from the epicentre Hubei province. The overall confirmed cases on the mainland have reached 81,740 by monday, including 1,242 patients still being treated, 77,167 patients discharged after recovery, and 3,331 people died of the disease, the NHC said.

While no new domestically transmitted cases of the coronavirus were reported, 32 imported cases were reported on monday taking their total to 983. It said a total of 30 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland on monday, including nine imported ones. Asymptomatic coronavirus cases are those who test positive for the virus but do not show any symptoms and have the potential to cause sporadic clusters of infections.Last week, china began disclosing the number of asymptomatic cases for the first time, after growing public concerns over the potential of "silent" carriers to spread the disease.

]]>