A kid receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a school in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2021. Hohhot recently launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged 3 to 11. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)
The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 24 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including two locally transmitted cases and 22 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
Among the imported cases, four were reported each in Shanghai, Guangdong and Guangxi, three in Yunnan, two each in Shandong and Shaanxi, one each in Jilin, Fujian and Sichuan, the commission said in its daily report.
Among the local cases, two were reported in Yunnan, the commission said.
There were 914 active cases on Chinese mainland as of Wednesday, with eight in critical conditions. No deaths related to the disease were reported, while 68 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.
The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland stood at 98,570, with the death toll unchanged at 4,636.
