Staff members of the customs check the health declaration information of newly arrived inbound passengers in Chongqing, southwest China, March 29, 2020. Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has tightened quarantine measures for international arrivals to further guard against imported cases of COVID-19. All people arriving from overseas have to be put under concentrated medical observation for 14 days upon arrival, the local authority on epidemic prevention and control said Thursday. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
The mainland also reported 26 new suspected cases, all of which were imported.
BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland reported 35 new imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 806, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
The mainland also reported 26 new suspected cases, all of which were imported, the commission said in its daily report.
No death had been reported from the imported cases, the commission said.
Of the imported cases, 115 had been discharged from the hospital after recovery, and 691 were being treated in hospital with 20 in severe conditions, said the commission.
The commission said that 172 people on the mainland were still suspected of being infected with the virus, 169 of whom were from abroad. ■