Shanghai Reports Five New Covid-19 Cases From Overseas
Xia Ruirui
DATE:  May 01 2020
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Shanghai Reports Five New Covid-19 Cases From Overseas Shanghai Reports Five New Covid-19 Cases From Overseas

(Yicai Global) May 1 -- Shanghai reported five more imported novel coronavirus cases yesterday, taking the eastern metropolis' total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 652, the city's health commission said this morning.

All the new additions are Chinese citizens. Two of them, a couple who had been living in Brazil, traveled back to Shanghai on April 28. The other three patients arrived in the city on April 28 from the United States, according to the commission.

Authorities have traced 126 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 313 imported Covid-19 cases, 45 patients are being treated, with two in serious condition, and 268 have been discharged upon recovery, the commission said.

It added three suspected cases, also involving people who have recently been overseas, are undergoing further tests.

Of the 339 local cases, seven had died, one is being treated, and 331 patients have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital, according to the commission.

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Keywords:   COVID-19,Shanghai