No new Coronavirus cases in China for the first time ever since the outbreak began

As of Friday, May 22, China, the believed epicenter of novel Coronavirus, mainland China reported no new COVID-19 positive cases in the country for the first time ever since the pandemic started off from Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province in late 2019. The number of confirmed cases in mainland China stands at 82971 and the death toll at 4634, with a total of 78258 people recovering from the infection. The National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China on Saturday announced the news, confirming that the country saw only four new cases on the previous day, adding there were two new suspected cases on Saturday, an imported case from Shanghai and locally transmitted case in Jilin city, the former capital of Jilin province in Northeast China.[no-sidebar]