SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China registered 5 new coronavirus cases on June 1, down from 16 a day earlier, the National Health Comission said on Tuesday.
All of the new cases were so-called imported infections from travellers overseas.
The mainland also reported 10 new asymptomatic cases – thosewho are infected but do not show symptoms – compared with 16 aday earlier.
The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 83,022,while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634.
(Reporting by Josh Horwitz; Editing by Kim Coghill)
