The Chinese mainland reported 111 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 83 domestically transmitted and 28 imported, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a boy for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 10, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)
Of the locally transmitted cases, 54 were reported in Jiangsu, 14 in Hubei, seven in Henan, five in Hunan, two in Yunnan and one in Beijing, the commission said in its daily report.
Of the imported cases, 12 were reported in Zhejiang, five in Yunnan, four in Shanghai, three in Sichuan, two in Guangdong and one each in Tianjin and Shandong, the commission said.
There were 1,789 active cases on Chinese mainland as of Tuesday, 60 of whom were in severe conditions. No deaths related to the disease were reported, while 24 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.
The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland stood at 94,080 and the cumulative death toll was 4,636 as of Tuesday.
