People wearing protective face masks walk on a street in Shanghai December 30, 2021. – Reuters pic
BEIJING, Jan 1 – China reported 231 new confirmed coronavirus cases for December 31, up from 195 a day earlier, the country’s health authority said today.
Of the new infections, 175 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, higher than 166 a day earlier.
All but one of the new local cases were found in the city of Xian, capital of the northwestern province of Shaanxi.
China reported 38 new asymptomatic cases, which it classifies separately from confirmed cases, compared with 29 a day earlier.
There were no new fatalities, leaving the death toll unchanged at 4,636.
Mainland China had 102,314 confirmed cases as of yesterday, up by 15,243 infections compared with 87,071 cases as of December 31, 2020. – Reuters