China Reports 48 New Cases Of Novel Coronavirus

Health officials in country found no new cases that are locally transmitted

China reported 48 new cases of Coronavirus on Tuesday, all of them imported — putting an end to four days of decline.

The figures reverse the trend of recent days after 67 cases were reported on Thursday, 55 on Friday, 54 on Saturday, 45 on Sunday and 31 on Monday.

There were no new cases in the original virus epicentre of Hubei province, although one patient died in Wuhan where the outbreak began.

Health officials found no new cases of the virus being transmitted locally, according to the figures released by the National Health Commission.

Wuhan has begun to loosen the restrictions that have been in place since January, resuming bus and rail services and opening shops.

However, there is growing concern about travellers bringing the virus to China from abroad, in a reversal of the original pattern.