China has reported 1,335 confirmed coronavirus cases, the country's national health authority said, compared with 1,366 a day earlier.

Of the new cases, 1,280 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, versus 1,301 a day earlier.

The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, rose to 4,430 from 3,622, Reuters reported.

Policemen and staff workers get tested for the coronavirus at a makeshift nucleic acid testing centre inside barriers of an area under lockdown in Shanghai, China on March 24. — Reuters
Policemen and staff workers get tested for the coronavirus at a makeshift nucleic acid testing centre inside barriers of an area under lockdown in Shanghai, China on March 24. — Reuters

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