China reports no deaths from COVID-19, 5 new cases

BEIJING, May 17 (MENA) - Mainland China reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases for Saturday, down from eight the previous day, the National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on Sunday.

Two of the five confirmed cases are so-called imported infections, while three are locally transmitted in northeastern Jilin Province.

The number of new asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus fell to 12 from 13, the NHC said.

The number of confirmed cases in the mainland stands at 82,947 and the death toll at 4,634.

In Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, authorities are ramping up a massive testing campaign, after confirming last weekend its first cluster of new infections since it was released from virtual lock down on Apr 8.