Shanghai Adds One New Covid-19 Case From Overseas(Yicai Global) June 15 -- Shanghai reported one more imported novel coronavirus case yesterday, taking the eastern metropolis' total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 692, the city's health commission said this morning.
The new addition is a Chinese citizen who had been living in the Unites States and traveled back to Shanghai on June 11, according to the commission.
Authorities have traced 19 people who had been in contact with the patient during their journey and placed them under quarantine, the commission said.
The commission logged no new confirmed domestically transmitted cases yesterday. It also reported no asymptomatic cases under observation in the city the same day.
Among the confirmed 351 imported Covid-19 cases so far, 18 patients are being treated and 333 have been discharged upon recovery, the commission said.
It added two suspected cases, also involving people who had recently been overseas, are undergoing further tests.
Of the 341 local cases, seven have died and 334 patients have fully recovered and been released from hospital, the commission said.
