As of Sept 1, Mainland China reported eight new circumstances of Covid-19, down from 10 a day earlier, Chinese language nationwide well being authority mentioned on Wednesday.

In an announcement, the Nationwide Well being Fee mentioned all new Covid-19 circumstances had been overseas infections involving abroad travellers, marking the seventeenth consecutive day with no native infections.

New asymptomatic circumstances have fallen to 19 from 34 a day earlier. China counts illnesses with no indicators as confirmed circumstances. In mainland China the full variety of confirmed Covid-19 circumstances now stands at 85,066, whereas the dying toll remained unchanged at 4,634.