06 Aug 2020
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This morning, the National Health Commission (NHC) dropped the latest COVID-19 numbers.
On Wednesday, China reported 37 newly confirmed cases – up from 27 on Tuesday (NHC):
Seven of those were imported from abroad – up from five on Tuesday.The other 30 were domestically transmitted – up from ...
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