Reuters: CHINA REPORTS 108 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN MAINLAND AS OF END-APRIL 12 VS 99 A DAY EARLIER

Reuters: CHINA REPORTS 98 NEW IMPORTED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN MAINLAND AS OF END-APRIL 12 VS 97 A DAY EARLIER

Reuters: CHINA SAYS 61 NEW ASYMPTOMATIC CORONAVIRUS CASES IN MAINLAND REPORTED AS OF END-APRIL 12 VS 63 A DAY EARLIER

BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by a rise in infected travellers arriving from overseas and underscoring challenges Beijing faces in preventing a second wave of COVID-19.

Reuters: A total of 108 new coronavirus cases were reported on Sunday, up from 99 a day earlier and marking the highest number of cases since 143 cases were reported on March 5.

Reuters: The National Health Commission said on Monday that 98 of the new cases were imported involving people entering China from another country, a new record and up from 97 a day earlier. The number of asymptomatic cases fell to 61 from 63 a day earlier.

Reuters: Though the number of daily infections have dropped sharply from the height of the epidemic in February, China has seen the daily toll creep higher after hitting a trough on March 12 as the virus spread globally.

Reuters: Beijing is concerned that infected people entering the country could trigger a second wave and push the country back into a state of near paralysis.

Reuters: The northeast Heilongjiang province, which borders Russia, reported 56 new cases -- 49 from Russia.