[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Park Sun-mi] In China, the 47 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 33 suspected cases reported on the 24th were all imported cases from overseas. In Wuhan City, Hubei Province, where COVID-19 cases were most concentrated, no confirmed or suspected cases were reported throughout the day.


On the 25th, the National Health Commission of China (NHC) announced that as of midnight, there were 47 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in China. There were zero cases of COVID-19 infections originating within China. All 47 cases were imported cases, confirmed after being infected overseas and entering China. The 33 newly added suspected cases during the day were also all reported as imported cases.


Imported cases were added in Shanghai (19), Beijing (5), Guangdong Province (5), Tianjin (4), Fujian Province (4), Inner Mongolia (2), Jiangsu Province (2), Sichuan Province (2), Jilin Province (1), Zhejiang Province (1), Shandong Province (1), and Shanxi Province (1). So far, China has reported a total of 474 imported COVID-19 cases. Outside mainland China, confirmed cases have been reported as follows: Hong Kong 386 (102 discharged, 4 deaths), Macau 26 (10 discharged), and Taiwan 216 (29 discharged, 2 deaths), totaling 628 confirmed cases.


Currently, 4,287 confirmed COVID-19 patients are receiving treatment in hospitals in China. A total of 73,650 previously confirmed patients have recovered and been discharged, and including the 4 additional deaths reported on the 24th, 3,281 people have died so far.



Meanwhile, Wuhan City in Hubei Province, where the COVID-19 outbreak has ceased, will lift its city lockdown measures starting April 8. The Hubei provincial government announced on its official website that traffic control preventing people from leaving Wuhan will be lifted at 0:00 on April 8. Lockdown measures for other areas in Hubei Province, excluding Wuhan, were lifted earlier at 0:00 on the 25th.


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