Beijing recorded no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Monday for the eighth day in a row. The total number of cases stands at 335 since a cluster outbreak was discovered at the Xinfadi market on June 11, the municipal health commission said on Tuesday.

Twenty-one more patients recovered on Monday, taking the total number of recoveries to 130.

Beijing also registered no new asymptomatic cases on Monday, the municipal health commission added. 

So far, 18 asymptomatic patients are under medical observation.

On Tuesday, the spokesperson of the Beijing municipal education commission Li Yi said at a press conference that the high school entrance examination for middle school students in the city will take place on July 17-19.  

The examination will strictly implement the epidemic prevention and control measures and a total of 77,583 students will take this year's high school entrance examination in Beijing, Li introduced.