Two new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in Beijing on Saturday, marking the seventh consecutive day the city has seen a single-digit increase in cases. The infection total has risen to 334 since June 11, when the first case from the Xinfadi market cluster was detected.

According to the municipal health commission, the two new cases were both registered in Fengtai District. 

One more patient recovered on Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries to 10, the commission said. 

Meanwhile, 29 asymptomatic people are currently under medical observation in the Chinese capital. 

Beijing reports single-digit increase in new COVID-19 cases for seven straight days

Beijing has reported a single-digit increase in new locally transmitted cases for seven straight days, said Xu Hejian, spokesperson for the municipal government, at a regular press briefing on Sunday.

"However, the challenges for epidemic prevention and control still exist in the capital city, and there have been confirmed COVID-19 cases within a controllable range," Xu noted.

Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Diseases Prevention and Control, told the media that the majority of COVID-19 cases reported in the period from June 11 to July 4 were from Fengtai and Daxing districts.

Among the confirmed cases, 47 percent worked in Xinfadi wholesale market, Pang said, adding that 98 percent of the patients have mild to moderate symptoms.

Six more areas in Beijing lower coronavirus risk level 

Beijing's Changxindian and You'anmen sub-districts in the Fengtai District, Anding Township in the Daxing District, Balizhuang sub-district in the Haidian District and Beiyuan sub-district in the Tongzhou District have lowered the risk level of coronavirus transmission from medium to low, the State Council's mobile application showed on Sunday.

Huaxiang Township in Fengtai is currently the only high-risk area in the city.