Photo: Staff seal medical gloves at a factory in Tongzhou District of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 26, 2020. /Xinhua

Ten new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Beijing on Wednesday, all of whom were close contacts of confirmed cases, according to local health authority on Thursday.

They have been sent to designated medical institutions. There were 10 new suspected cases, 46 currently suspected cases and one new death. 

There were 84 new close contacts, bringing the total to 2,658, of which 1,852 cases have been released from medical observation.

(Compiled by Huang Dongpeng)