BEIJING (CHINA) – China reported 15 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Oct. 23, which came down from 28 cases in the previous day, the health commission said on Sunday.
According to a statement by the National Health Commission, all 15 of the new infections were imported.
It also reported 19 new asymptomatic patients, compared with 27 a day earlier.
As per a statement issued by the health commission in China’s northwestern region Xinjiang on Saturday, one local asymptomatic case was detected in Kashgar city, the country’s first local detected case since Oct 14.
As of Saturday, mainland China had 85,790 confirmed coronavirus cases, the health authority said. The COVID-19 death toll stands at 4,634.