(Yicai Global) June 24 -- Shanghai reported two more imported novel coronavirus cases yesterday, taking the eastern metropolis' total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 703, the city's health commission said this morning.

One of the new additions is a Chinese citizen who had been studying in the United Kingdom and travelled back to Shanghai on June 19. The other patient is an Indian citizen who arrived at the Pudong International Airport on June 20, according to the commission.

Authorities have traced 61 people who had been in contact with the patients 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 362 imported Covid-19 cases, 27 patients are being treated and 335 have been discharged upon recovery, the commission said.

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