Number of COVID-19 infections in Beijing may rise for a while: Official

The number of COVID-19 infections in Beijing may rise for a while, warned Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the municipal center for disease prevention and control on Wednesday.

The city will round up key groups of people for testing, such as medical workers, those who live around residential compounds where infections have been confirmed, and teachers and students who have already returned to schools.

Here are the latest figures:

- 31 new cases reported on Tuesday, covering five of Beijing's districts.

- 137 confirmed cases reported in Beijing in the latest COVID-19 cluster, with all of them related to Xinfadi market.

- 95 percent of the patients are showing mild to moderate symptoms.

- 356,000 nucleic acid tests have been conducted since June 14.

- Beijing has managed to conduct nucleic tests for 400,000 people daily.

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