CHINA’S National Health Commission said Thursday that it received reports of 21 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, including nine locally transmitted cases and 12 imported ones. The locally transmitted cases were reported in Inner Mongolia, the commission said in its daily report. Of the new imported cases, five were reported in Shanghai, four in Guangdong, and one each in Jiangsu, Fujian and Sichuan. Three new suspected cases related to the disease were reported on Wednesday, the commission said. Also Thursday, Hong Kong’s Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 81 additional confirmed cases. Among the new cases, 75 are local infections with 13 having unknown source of infection. Another 59 local cases are related to a dancing cluster, bringing the number of infections related to the dancing cluster to 311. The dancing cluster has caused outbreaks in some more premises. The CHP urged people who had been to those premises to undergo COVID-19 testing, which is compulsory. (Xinhua) |