Beijing reports 3 new COVID-19 cases, all locally transmitted
Updated 20:42, 01-Jul-2020
CGTN

Three new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in Beijing on Tuesday, raising total infections in the city to 328 since June 11, when the first case from the Xinfadi market cluster was detected, the Beijing Health Commission said on Wednesday.

All three cases were reported in Beijing's Daxing District. They comprise two males and one female aged between 20 and 54 years old.

Two of the three new cases had close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient, while the other went shopping at the Xinfadi market on June 11 and showed symptoms on June 21.

No new asymptomatic cases were reported in the city on Tuesday, the health authority said.

5 more areas in Beijing lowers coronavirus risk level

Beijing's Hepingli and Beixinqiao neighborhoods in Dongcheng District, the Dahongmen community and Changxindian Township in Fengtai District, and the Linxiaolu community in Daxing District have all downgraded their risk level for coronavirus transmission from medium to low, the city's health official said Wednesday.

One area in Beijing has lowered its coronavirus risk level from high to medium, while 17 other areas have adjusted the risk level from medium to low since the cluster outbreak at the Xinfadi wholesale market, said Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing center for disease control and prevention.

One area in Daxing District upgrades coronavirus risk level

The Xingfeng Sub-district in Beijing's Daxing District upgraded its risk level for coronavirus transmission to medium on Wednesday, the State Council's mobile application showed.

A new COVID-19 case was recorded in the area on Tuesday.