Covid outbreak worsens in China, reports 32,943 new cases

The National Health Commission said on Friday that China reported 32,943 new COVID-19 infections on November 24, of which 3,103 were symptomatic and 29,840 were asymptomatic. Comparatively, China lists 4,010 symptomatic and 27,646 asymptomatic infections separately. There were 31,656 new cases a day earlier.

China reported 32,695 new local cases, up from 31,444 total cases the previous day, of which 3,041 were symptomatic and 29,654 were asymptomatic, after excluding imported illnesses.

There were no fatalities compared to one the day before, keeping the total number of fatalities at 5,232. In mainland China, there were 300,619 confirmed cases with symptoms as of November 24.