China sees uptick in new Covid-19 cases, including 17 in Beijing
In Beijing, 17 new confirmed cases were reported, up from 11 a day earlier and the most since June 20
Mainland China reported on Saturday the highest number of new coronavirus cases in four days, driven by a Covid-19 resurgence in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
The National Health Commission reported 21 new confirmed infections in mainland China on Friday, up from 13 a day earlier and the highest since Monday.
In Beijing, 17 new confirmed cases were reported, up from 11 a day earlier and the most since June 20.
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Since June 11 when Beijing reported its first case in the current outbreak, stemming from a sprawling wholesale food centre in the southwest of the capital, 297 people in the city of more than 20 million have contracted the virus.
Mainland China reported four new so-called imported cases on Friday, infections linked to travellers arriving from abroad. That compares with two cases a day earlier.
That took the cumulative number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 83,483.
Mainland China reported 12 new asymptomatic patients, who tested positive for Covid-19 but showed no clinical symptoms such as a fever, up from five a day earlier.
The national health authority does not include asymptomatic patients in its tally of confirmed cases.
The death toll stood at 4,634, unchanged since mid-May.
