The Dongxihu District in Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, raised its emergency response level for COVID-19 from low to medium after a new locally transmitted case was reported on Sunday, said local media.

Other parts of the province will remain at low-level risk.

According to the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, an 89-year-old male, surnamed Gao, was confirmed with COVID-19 on Saturday.