China has reported a further decline in new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the country's current outbreak, now in its fourth week, Reuters reports.
China posted five new locally transmitted infections for August 18, down from six a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission. Three of them were in Jiangsu province, with one in Shanghai and another in Yunnan province.
Including imported infections detected in travellers arriving from abroad, China has reported a total of 46 new confirmed cases for Aug 18, compared with 28 a day earlier.
