Beijing: China reported 60 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 15 in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and 42 in Beijing, and three in Shanghai, according to a National Health Commission report on Tuesday.
Shanghai has confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 14 local asymptomatic cases. Beijing reported 42 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 32 locally asymptomatic cases on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency quoted the Municipal Health Commission as saying.
As of Monday, 62 COVID-19 patients on the Chinese mainland had been discharged from hospitals after recovering, the National Health Commission said in its Tuesday report. With this, the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovering reached 218,832 on the Chinese mainland as of Monday. ALSO READ: Justin Bieber Postpones NYC Tour After Diagnosed With Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
China’s much-hyped “zero-Covid” strategy that the government recently credited with bringing the country out of the pandemic is falling apart as rapidly rising cases again force the massive lockdowns seen in 2020 .