China reports zero locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside Hubei
Doctors speak to a pregnant woman at a gynaecology and obstetrics isolation ward in Xiehe hospital in Wuhan on March 7, 2020.
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PUBLISHED ONMarch 09, 2020 2:40 AM
BEIJING - Mainland China outside Hubei reported no new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus on Sunday for the second straight day, while 36 were reported in Wuhan, officials said on Monday (March 9).
China had 40 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Sunday, the National Health Commission said on Monday, down from 44 cases a day earlier, and the lowest number since the health authority started publishing nationwide data on Jan 20.
Of the new cases on Sunday, 36 were new infections in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei, while the remaining four in Gansu province were imported from Iran.
The total number of imported cases hit 67, including the four Gansu cases.
The new cases on Sunday bring the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 80,735.
The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China reached 3,119 as of the end of Sunday, up 22 from the previous day.
Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 21 new deaths. In Wuhan, 18 people died.
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