(Yicai Global) April 6 -- Shanghai reported five confirmed imported COVID-19 cases yesterday, taking the eastern metropolis' total to 197, the city's health commission said this morning.

The new imported infections are all Chinese citizens, including three traveling from Russia, one from the US and one from the UK. All have been quarantined after testing positive for the virus upon arrival at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

Another 14 suspected cases from abroad are under quarantine pending a final confirmation, it added.

The commission logged no new suspected or confirmed domestically transmitted cases and no asymptomatic ones under observation in the city as of yesterday.

The financial hub has registered 339 confirmed local contagions in total, of whom six patients have died, five remain in critical condition and 328 have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital, the health agency said.

Editor: Ben Armour