China has reported six confirmed coronavirus cases for May 18, including a new case in Wuhan, the health authority said, compared to seven a day earlier.

The National Health Commission (NHC) said in its daily bulletin that three of the six new cases were imported. The imported cases were all in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia.

Of the three new local transmissions, two were in the northeastern border province of Jilin, currently in a semi-lockdown as it battles with a new wave of infections while the third one was in Wuhan, according to Reuters.

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