China registers 49 new COVID-19 cases, 20 asymptomatic cases in 24-hr

China registered 49 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while 14 COVID-19 patients recovered over that period, the country's National Health Commission said on Sunday.

Out of the 49 new cases, 33 are local, while the rest are imported. According to the commission, most of the local cases have been registered in Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwestern China, where new sparks in infection were recently reported.

The country's total number of confirmed coronavirus cases now stands at 84,385, the death toll is 4,634. The total number of recovered individuals in China stands at 79,003. The total number of imported cases is 2,085.

In the past 24 hours, 20 new asymptomatic cases were registered in China, nine of them imported. More than 250 asymptomatic carriers of the novel coronavirus are being monitored.

-ANI

Also Read: Coronavirus: With spike of 54,736 cases, India's COVID-19 tally crosses 17 lakh mark