The National Health Commission said in a statement 44 of the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas and the other
five were locally transmitted cases in the northwestern Xinjiang region.
Among the 44 imported cases, four were on a flight to the central city of Wuhan from New Delhi, India. The South Asian nation has the
second-most number of coronavirus cases in the world, after the United
States.
They were the city's first imported cases since Aug. 1.
The commission also reported 61 new asymptomatic cases, compared with 30 a day earlier. Of the total, 19 were passengers on the same
flight from New Delhi to Wuhan, where the virus first emerged last year.
Xinjiang region reported 13 new local asymptomatic cases. Authorities in the region conducted large scale testing after a recent
outbreak.
China does not classify symptomless patients as confirmed COVID-19 cases.
The total number of confirmed cases in China now stands at 86,070, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,634.
