China experiences 1,494 new coronavirus instances for Aug 26 vs 1,628 a day earlier

SHANGHAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 1,494 new coronavirus instances for Aug. 26, of which 300 had been symptomatic and 1,194 had been asymptomatic, the Nationwide Well being Fee mentioned on Saturday.

That in contrast with 1,628 new instances a day earlier – 312 symptomatic and 1,316 asymptomatic infections, which China counts individually.

There have been no new deaths, leaving the nation’s fatalities at 5,226. As of Friday, mainland China had confirmed 241,648 instances with signs.

China’s capital Beijing reported three native instances after 5 days of no infections, authorities information confirmed.

Monetary hub Shanghai reported one new native symptomatic case, the identical as the day gone by, and 7 native asymptomatic case, versus one the day gone by.

Vacation vacation spot Sanya on the southern finish of Hainan island, which is battling an outbreak, reported 6,345 symptomatic and eight,798 asymptomatic instances from Aug. 1 by means of Friday. (Reporting by Josh Horwitz; Modifying by William Mallard)