SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported 16,797 new COVID-19 infections on Dec. 8, of which 3,637 were symptomatic and 13,160 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Friday.
That is compared with 21,439 new cases a day earlier – 4,079 symptomatic and 17,360 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
Excluding imported infections, China reported 16,592 new local cases, of which 3,588 were symptomatic and 13,004 were asymptomatic, down from 21,165 a day earlier.
There were no deaths, unchanged from the previous day, keeping fatalities at 5,235.
As of Dec. 8, mainland China had confirmed 357,652 cases with symptoms.
(Reporting by Shanghai newsroom; Writing by Bernard Orr; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
