Chengdu, Sichuan province, confirmed 11 new imported cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. It also had six imported cases of coronavirus infection in people without any symptoms, the city's health commission reported.
All the case involved Chinese who had been working or studying in Egypt. They took Flight 3U8392 from Cairo on Friday and reached Chengdu in the early hours of Saturday, the commission said.
In total, Chengdu has reported 180 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 163 patients discharged from the hospital after recovery. Three people died. Fourteen patients who had come from overseas were being treated in the hospital, the commission said.