Mainland China has reported 17 new coronavirus cases, mostly in the capital of Beijing.
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The National Health Commission said on Sunday 17 new infections were confirmed on Saturday, down from 21 a day earlier.
In Beijing, 14 new confirmed cases were reported, down from 17 a day earlier.
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, 311 people in the city of more than 20 million have contracted the virus.
Mainland China reported three new so-called imported cases on Friday, infections linked to travellers arriving from abroad. That compares with four cases a day earlier.
That took the cumulative number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 83,500.
Mainland China reported seven new asymptomatic patients, who tested positive for COVID-19 but showed no clinical symptoms such as a fever, down from 12 a day earlier.
The national health authority does not include asymptomatic patients in its tally of confirmed cases.
The death toll stood at 4634, unchanged since mid-May.
Australian Associated Press
