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A medical worker retrieves a swab from a resident during a mass test for coronavirus disease.
Beijing, China:
China reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in its current outbreak on Friday, fueled by an increase in locally transmitted infections.
China reported 124 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on the mainland on August 5, according to the National Health Commission. It is against 85 a day earlier.
Of the new confirmed infections, 80 were transmitted locally, the health authority said, up from 62 local cases a day earlier.
Local cases were driven by an increase in infections in eastern Jiangsu Province, which reported 61 new cases on August 5, up from 40 a day earlier. The new infections mainly occurred in Yangzhou city.
Overall, China reported 58 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, which it does not classify as confirmed infections, up from 54 a day earlier.
No new deaths have been reported.
As of Aug. 5, mainland China had registered 93,498 confirmed cases. The cumulative death toll is unchanged at 4,636.
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