Critical COVID-19 cases on Chinese mainland drop to single digits

The number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition on the Chinese mainland has dropped to nine, Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission, said at a press briefing on Monday.

Active imported cases on the Chinese mainland also decreased to 99 as of Sunday and no new deaths have been reported for 26 days.

However, a flare-up in domestic transmissions and detection of infection clusters have been reported in seven Chinese provincial-level regions in the past 14 days, raising concerns of a rebound.

Shulan City in the northeastern province of Jilin has become the latest Chinese city to report cluster cases of COVID-19, leading to the re-introduction of "closed-off management" measures in all communities and villages.

Mayor Jin Hua said the city is in a "wartime" battle against the virus.

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