Shanghai Adds One New Covid-19 Case From Overseas
Xia Ruirui
DATE:  Jun 02 2020
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Shanghai Adds One New Covid-19 Case From Overseas Shanghai Adds One New Covid-19 Case From Overseas

(Yicai Global) June 2 -- Shanghai reported one more imported novel coronavirus case yesterday, taking the eastern metropolis' total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 673, the city's health commission said this morning.

The new addition is a Chinese citizen who had been studying in the United Kingdom and traveled back to Shanghai on May 29, according to the commission.

Authorities have traced 38 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 332 imported Covid-19 cases so far, six patients are being treated and 326 have been discharged upon recovery, the commission said.

It added one suspected case, also involving people who had recently been overseas, is undergoing further test.

Of the 341 local cases, seven have died and 334 patients have fully recovered and been released from hospital, the commission said.

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Keywords:   COVID-19,Shanghai