Mainland China reports 62 new confirmed cases of coronavirus

BEIJING, April 8 (Reuters) - Mainland China reported on Wednesday 62 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, up from 32 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said, as the number of infections from people arriving from abroad surged.

Mainland China's imported cases stood at 1,042 as of Tuesday, up 59 from day earlier, according to the health authority.

That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 81,802 so far. (Reporting by Ryan Woo and Se Young Lee; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)