CORONAVIRUS | Rescue personnel are still trying to recover 23 people believed to be trapped in the collapsed building.
| Ten people have died and 23 remain trapped after the collapse of a hotel that was being used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, authorities said on Sunday.
Pictures from the site showed rescue workers clad in hard hats, goggles and face masks carrying injured people away to waiting medical staff in white overalls and surgical masks. The building's first floor had been under renovation at the time of the collapse, the news agency said.According to data from China's National Health Commission , cases fell by roughly one half on Saturday from the day prior.
Of the 44 new confirmed cases, 41 were discovered in Wuhan, the origin of the virus' outbreak and its hotbed.This marks the first time in which all of China's newly confirmed cases outside of the city of Wuhan originated from overseas. The three cases bring China's total imported case count to 63.
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