Beijing reports 31 new local COVID-19 cases

Beijing reported 31 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said on Wednesday. They're all cases of local transmission, it added.

The new cases were detected in five of Beijing's districts: 19 in Fengtai, five in Daxing, three each in Dongcheng and Haidian, and one in Xicheng.

The commission also found three suspected cases and six asymptomatic cases over the same period. 

Tuesday's number has brought the total number of local infections in the Chinese capital to 557. So far, 137 patients are hospitalized.