BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 1,415 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 5, the country’s national health authority said on Wednesday, compared with 1,235 a day earlier.
Of the new cases, 1,383 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, compared with 1,173 a day earlier.
The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China counts separately, stood at 19,199 compared with 15,355 a day earlier.
There were no new deaths, leaving the death toll unchanged at 4,638.
As of April 5, mainland China had confirmed 158,793 cases.
(Reporting by Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
