This was reported by the State Health Committee of the PRC.

The report said that 36 of the newly detected cases of infection were imported from other countries.

Also, 78 patients recovered in China per day.

The total number of confirmed cases of infection with a new coronavirus in China reached 82 052. Including 77816 people recovered, 3342 died.

On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic.