On the same day, 36 new cases of a new coronavirus infection were registered in mainland China: 14-in the prov. Guangdong, 13-in prov. Yunnan, 3 - in Shanghai, two-in prov. Sichuan and Shaanxi, and 1 each - in Tianjin and prov.
Hubei. Three patients with suspected coronavirus infection who arrived from abroad were also recorded in Shanghai.
There were no new deaths from COVID-19 that day in mainland China, the ministry said, Xinhua News reports