Beijing reports 17 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
A staff member (L, front) disinfects a COVID-19 nucleic acid testing facility set up temporarily on a construction site in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China on June 26, 2020. More than 1,750 construction workers in Beijing received COVID-19 nucleic acid tests on Friday.
Beijing reported 17 new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases and four asymptomatic cases Friday, the municipal health commission said Saturday.
No new suspected cases were registered on Friday, the commission said in a daily report.
From June 11 to 26, Beijing reported 297 confirmed locally transmitted cases, all of whom were receiving treatment. Meanwhile, there are 25 asymptomatic cases still under medical observation, the commission said.
The new clusters emerged after the city observed 57 days without reports of locally transmitted cases.
