China reports first case of coronavirus in Wuhan since April 3

BEIJING: The Chinese National Health Commission reported 14 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on May 9, the highest number since April 28, including the first for more than a month in Wuhan City, where the outbreak was detected. for the first time at the end of last year.

Although China had officially designated all areas of the country as low risk last Thursday, the new cases according to data published on Sunday represent a jump from the single case reported the previous day. The number was raised by a group of 11 in the city of Shulan, in the northeast province of Jilin.

Jilin authorities raised the risk level of the city of Shulan from high to medium on Sunday, after raising it to medium the previous day after a woman tested positive on May 7. The 11 new cases released Sunday are members of her family or people who came into contact with her or members of her family.

Wuhan’s new case, the first reported at the epicenter of the China outbreak since April 3, was previously asymptomatic, according to the health commission.

In addition to the Shulan group and the Wuhan case, the remaining two confirmed new cases were imported infections. He also said that newly discovered asymptomatic cases were at 20, the highest since May 1 and up to 15 from the previous day.

No new deaths were reported, he said.

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in mainland China reached 82,901 as of May 9, while the total number of deaths from the virus was 4,633, according to the commission.