China registered 564 new cases of infection with the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, BTA reported, citing Reuters.

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Of the new cases, 109 were symptomatic and 455 were asymptomatic, Chinese health authorities said.

A day earlier, China registered 626 new cases of infection, of which 119 were symptomatic and 507 were asymptomatic.

Chinese health authorities keep separate statistics on asymptomatic cases of infection with the coronavirus, Reuters notes.

No new deaths were registered in the last 24 hours.

The number of deaths in China related to covid is 5,226.

The total number of confirmed symptomatic cases is 229,294.

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