• There were 2,954,222 confirmed cases (76,026 new) globally, and 202,597 people (3,932 new) have lost their lives by 10:00 CEST April 28.
• The Chinese mainland reported 22 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, according to the National Health Commission on April 29. And 21 of them were imported cases, bringing the total number of its kind to 1,660. Also, on Tuesday, 26 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland.
• At the regular press conference on April 28, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said, "China stands ready to work with other countries with stronger cooperation and mutual assistance through difficulties and make contributions to the health and wellbeing of all mankind."

At the regular press conference on April 28, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said, "China stands ready to work with other countries with stronger cooperation and mutual assistance through difficulties and make contributions to the health and wellbeing of all mankind." As for Austria's accusation of "economic accusation," the spokesperson noted that what the Chinese Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye said was about the concerns that the Australian side's erroneous words and deeds recently have upset the Chinese people and that they may impact bilateral relations. "Is there any problem with that? How could it have anything to do with 'economic coercion'?"

There were 2,954,222 confirmed cases (76,026 new) globally, and 202,597 people (3,932 new) have lost their lives by 10:00 CEST April 28, according to the daily COVID-19 situation report released by the World Health Organization.

The Chinese mainland reported 22 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) April 29. And 21 of them were imported cases, bringing the total number of its kind to 1,660. Also, on Tuesday, 26 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland, while one was confirmed of being infected with the virus, and 29 were discharged from medical observation, according to the NHC. A total of 993 asymptomatic-infected patients were still under medical observation. The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,858 by the end of Tuesday, including 647 patients who were still being treated, altogether 77, 578 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 4,633 people who died of the disease. By Tuesday, 1,037 confirmed cases, including four deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 45 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 429 in Taiwan, including six deaths. A total of 811patients in Hong Kong, 33 in Macao, and 307 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.