Shanghai/Xinhua/UNI: Shanghai reported one domestically transmitted COVID-19 case Sunday and zero increase in imported cases, the municipal health commission said Monday.
The confirmed case is a job seeker from the city of Qianjiang, central China's Hubei Province, who came to Shanghai on May 14. On May 15, he voluntarily went to a medical institution to apply for a serological test, when he tested positive for the virus.
He was isolated on the same day and started to show symptoms during the period. On May 17, he was given a nucleic acid test by the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the result was positive.
A total of 20 people in close contact with the patient in Shanghai have been tracked and put under isolated observation. All places where the patient had visited have been disinfected.
The municipal health commission said a total of 326 imported cases had been reported in Shanghai by Sunday. Among them, 17 patients remain in hospital for treatment with one in critical condition. Four suspected cases are still under screening.
The municipality had reported 340 locally transmitted confirmed cases by Sunday, including seven deaths.
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