(Yicai Global) June 12 -- Shanghai reported five more imported novel coronavirus cases yesterday, taking the eastern metropolis' total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 689, the city's health commission said this morning.

All the new additions are Pakistani who arrived in the city from Pakistan on June 2, according to the commission.

Authorities have traced 55 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 348 imported Covid-19 cases, 16 patients are being treated and 332 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.