• There were 2,544,792 confirmed cases (73,657 new) globally, and 175,694 people (6,689 new) have lost their lives by 10:00 CEST April 23, according to the daily COVID-19 situation report released by the World Health Organization.
• The Chinese mainland reported six newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Thursday, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) April 24. And two of them were imported cases, bringing the total number of its kind to 1,618. Also on Thursday, 34 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland.

• Xinhua reported that reports and suggestions collected through an online inspection platform launched by China's central government have helped the country's fight against COVID-19, according to sources from the program.

Xinhua reported that reports and suggestions collected through an online inspection platform launched by China's central government have helped the country's fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to sources from the program. The General Office of the State Council launched the inspection platform in April last year to collect reports of government misconduct and suggestions from the public to improve government work. Over the last year, it has received over 7 million such reports and suggestions and all have been properly handled, the source said. In some cases, the central authority sent investigation teams, some working in secret, to look into the real situation at the spot. The platform also published over 50 typical problems discovered from these reports to warn relevant departments and officials and respond to public concerns.

There were 2,544,792 confirmed cases (73,657 new) globally, and 175,694 people (6,689 new) have lost their lives by 10:00 CEST April 23, according to the daily COVID-19 situation report released by the World Health Organization.

The Chinese mainland reported six newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Thursday, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) April 24. And two of them were imported cases, bringing the total number of its kind to 1,618. Also on Thursday, 34 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland, while three were confirmed of being infected with the virus and 36 were discharged from medical observation, according to the NHC. A total of 979 asymptomatic-infected patients were still under medical observation. The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,804 by the end of Thursday, including 915 patients who were still being treated, altogether 77,257 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 4,632 people who died of the disease. By Thursday, 1,035 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 45 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 427 in Taiwan including six deaths. A total of 699 patients in Hong Kong, 27 in Macao, and 253 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.