A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a COVID-19 testing site in Fengtai district in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 23, 2022.(PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Sunday recorded 45 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
Sunday also saw reports of 34 imported COVID-19 cases across the mainland and one suspected case arriving from outside the mainland in Shanghai
Of the new local infections, 37 were reported in Guangxi, four in Guangdong, three in Beijing, and one in Tianjin, the commission said in its daily report.
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Sunday also saw reports of 34 imported COVID-19 cases across the mainland and one suspected case arriving from outside the mainland in Shanghai.
No new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day, the commission said.
A total of 65 asymptomatic cases were newly reported Saturday, 49 of whom arrived from outside the mainland, according to the commission.
As of Saturday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, both local and imported, reported on the Chinese mainland had reached 106,015.
There were 2,026 patients still under treatment on Saturday, of whom 10 were in severe condition. A total of 4,636 patients had died of the virus on the Chinese mainland since the outbreak of the pandemic.