China reported an additional 20 cases of nCoV infection, of which 16 cases were of foreign origin.

The National Health Commission of China (NHC) today released a statement saying that new cases of nCoV originated from abroad include five in Beijing, four in Zhejiang, three in Shanghai, three in Gansu and a case in Guangdong. 4 domestic cases were recorded in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, the center of Covid-19 epidemic.

The NHC also reported 10 new deaths, all in Hubei Province, bringing the total number of deaths across mainland China to 3,199 out of 80,844 positive cases for nCoV. China is treating more than 3,600 critical cases while more than 70,000 people have recovered.

Covid-19's spread in China has dropped sharply, but officials have begun to worry about people returning from other hotspots around the world, such as Iran and Italy. Mainland China recorded a total of 111 new cases of nCoV originating from abroad.

Covid-19 appears in 152 countries and territories, causing more than 156,000 people infected, more than 5,800 deaths and more than 75,000 recover. The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 13 declared Europe to be a global Covid-19 center, while China declared it had passed the peak of the epidemic and predicted there could be no new cases reported by the end of the month. .