Mainland China reported on Tuesday a rise in new confirmed novel coronavirus cases, reversing four days of declines, due to an uptick in infections involving travelers arriving from overseas.
Mainland China had 48 new cases on Monday, the National Health Commission said in a statement, up from 31 new infections a day earlier.
All of the 48 cases were imported, bringing the total number of imported cases in China to 771 as of Monday. There was no reported new case of local infection. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] While locally transmitted infections in China have mostly declined, authorities are concerned about cases involving travelers who have caught the virus abroad, stepping up health