China Reports 39 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus, All Imported

BEIJING (REUTERS) – Mainland China had 39 new confirmed cases on Sunday (March 22), the country’s National Health Commission said, down from 46 a day earlier.

All of the new cases involved travellers arriving in China from abroad, the health authority said in a statement on Monday.

That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 81,093.

The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China reached 3,270 as of the end of Sunday, up by nine from the previous day.