China reports 1,062 new coronavirus cases in mainland

• China reported 1,062 new COVID-19 infections on September 13.
• Of these, 237 were symptomatic and 825 asymptomatic.
• There were no new deaths, keeping the country’s death toll at 5,226.

SHANGHAI: China reported 1,062 new COVID-19 infections on September 13, of which 237 were symptomatic and 825 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

That compares with 1,048 new cases a day earlier, 242 symptomatic and 806 asymptomatic infections, which China counted separately.

There were no new deaths from a day earlier, keeping the country’s death toll at 5,226.

As of September 13, mainland China had confirmed 247,557 cases with symptoms.

China’s capital Beijing reported 18 new local symptomatic cases and no asymptomatic cases, compared with 10 symptomatic and 6 asymptomatic cases a day earlier, according to local government data.

Financial hub Shanghai reported one local symptomatic and no asymptomatic cases, compared with no symptomatic and asymptomatic cases the day before, according to local government data.

China’s southern technology hub Shenzhen, which has eased anti-virus restrictions after a strict lockdown for most residents, reported eight new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, as of one day. It was before.

The southwestern metropolis of Chengdu reported 35 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, up from 44 a day earlier, local government data showed.