Coronavirus update: Mainland China reports 28 new cases, Beijing’s new infections ease to 21
|The latest coronavirus statistics published by China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Thursday, showed that the Mainland reported 28 new infections as of end-June 17 vs. 44 a day earlier.
Additional details
"China reports 4 new imported coronavirus cases in Mainland as of end-June 17 vs. 11 a day earlier."
"China reports 8 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases in Mainland as of end-June 17 vs. 11 a day earlier."
"Beijing reports 21 new local COVID-19 cases vs. 31 seen a day earlier."
"The total number of infections in the city has risen to 158 over the past week."
Market reaction
The risk sentiment remains sour in early Asia, as reflected by the drop in the S&P 500 futures and Asian equities.
AUD/USD keeps the red zone below 0.6900 while USD/JPY drops 0.15% to 108.83, at the time of writing.
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