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 are from Fengtai and Daxing districts.

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