SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported 16 new coronavirus cases on the mainland for June 8, down from 33 cases a day earlier, the health authority said in a statement on Wednesday.
Of the new cases, 8 were local transmissions from the southern province of Guangdong, the National Health Commission said.
China also reported 9 new asymptomatic infections, compared with 16 a day earlier. China does not classify symptomless infections as confirmed cases.
By Tuesday, China had a total of 91,316 confirmed infections. Its death toll stood unchanged at 4,636.
(Reporting by Wang Jing and Engen Tham in Shanghai and Colin Qian in Beijing; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
