China has reported more than 100 new coronavirus infections on one day, the highest daily number since March 5. A total of 108 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country’s mainland on Sunday, overtaking the 99 infections on Saturday and the 46 reported on Friday.
The majority of cases were imported, according to Chinese authorities, with 98 of those infections having come from abroad. Half of the cases involved Chinese nationals returning from Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District who had entered China via border crossings into Heilongjiang province, officials said.