China
on Sunday reported a rise in the number of new confirmed cases of
coronavirus, but the number of fresh infections and deaths outside of
the epicenter of central Hubei province continued to fall.
Nationwide, the number of new cases rose to 648 as of Saturday, from 397, the previous day, National Health Commission said.
That brought the total number of confirmed cases in China to 76,936.
The
number of new cases outside of Hubei stood at 18, the lowest since the
commission started publishing nationwide data a month ago.
The nationwide death toll rose by 97 to 2,442, but only one new death was outside of Hubei.
Of
the 96 deaths in Hubei, 82 were in the provincial capital, Wuhan, which
has been locked down for several weeks in an attempt to prevent the
spread of the virus.
The number of new cases in Hubei on Saturday
rose to 630, reversing five straight days of declines, driven by a
spike in new cases in Wuhan.
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