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China stops publishing asymptomatic Covid cases after ending mass testing

China recorded 7,679 new cases a day earlier -- 2,315 symptomatic and 5,364 asymptomatic infections

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Reuters Beijing
China's National Health Commission (NHC) will as of Wednesday stop reporting new asymptomatic COVID-19 infections, as many people without symptoms no longer participate in testing, making it hard to accurately tally the total count, it said.
 
The health authority reported 2,291 new symptomatic COVID-19 infections on Dec. 13.
 
China recorded 7,679 new cases a day earlier -- 2,315 symptomatic and 5,364 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
 
Excluding imported infections, China reported 2,249 new symptomatic local cases. There were a total of 7,451 local cases including asymptomatic infections a day earlier.
 
There were no new deaths, the same as the

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