This photo shows the gate of Hongfuyuan residential community in Changping district, Beijing on Oct 22, 2021. (Photo: WeChat account of Beijing News Broadcast)

Beijing raised the COVID-19 risk level of the Hongfuyuan residential community in Changping district to high after six locally transmitted cases were reported as of Saturday at noon, said a local government official at a news conference on Saturday.

Currently, Beijing has only one high-risk area and the rest are all low-risk areas.