<span style="color: #222222;">China today reported seven more fatalities due to the Novel Corona virus infection, taking the death toll to 3,176, while the new confirmed cases were just eight, as the disease continued to abate across the country, including in its epicentre Wuhan. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said, it received reports of the seven deaths and eight new confirmed cases, both from the Chinese mainland yesterday.<br />''<br />''The overall confirmed cases on the mainland reached 80,813 by the end. This included 3,176 who died of the disease, 13,526 patients still being treated and 64,111 people discharged after recovery, the report said. Three new imported COVID-19 cases (people arriving from abroad) — two in Shanghai and one in Beijing — were reported yesterday, taking the total number of such cases to 88, the NHC said.<br />''<br />''A Spokesman for the NHC Mi Feng said, the peak of the Novel Corona virus in the country is over, but its success in controlling the deadly disease has become complicated due to the global surge in the COVID-19 cases. In China, there is a drop in new cases and the overall epidemic situation remains at a low level, he added.<br />''<br />''Mi's remarks came a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Outside of China, Over 44,000 confirmed cases and over 1,570 deaths have been reported taking total confirmed cases exceeding 125,000 globally.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, A team of Chinese medical experts, along with 31 tons of medical supplies, arrived in Italy late last evening as the country struggles to contain the COVID-19 that has infected over 12,000 and killed over 1,000 people.<br />''<br />''China mobilized the whole country's resources in past three months to contain the virus. Cities were locked down, experts and supplies sent to the epicentre and millions of people across the country stayed at home for weeks to enforce social distancing. By this week, normalcy has been steadily returning to China with many provinces and regions lowering their emergency responses, while many businesses resuming their operations. Around 87 per cent of the country's entry and exit authorities resumed services, state news agency Xinhua reported. </span><br />