BEIJING (CHINA) – As many as 26 new coronavirus cases were reported in mainland China on Sunday, down from 27 a day earlier, driven largely by the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the Chinese capital.
Of the new infections, 22 were in Beijing, said the National Health Commission in a statement.
The city of more than 20 million people reported its first case in the latest wave on June 11. The resurgence has been linked to a wholesale food centre in the southwest of the capital. So far, 227 people in the city have been infected in the latest outbreak.
Mainland China reported six new asymptomatic cases, down from seven a day earlier. Three of them were from Beijing.
China does not count asymptomatic patients as confirmed cases and as part of the official infection tally.
To date, China has 83,378 confirmed cases. The first infections were traced to Huanan seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December.
No new deaths were reported in the mainland on June 20.
(Photos syndicated via Reuters)
This story has been edited by BH staff and is published from a syndicated field