Beijing reports no new COVID-19 cases for 12 straight days
Updated 17:56, 18-Jul-2020
CGTN

Beijing recorded no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday for the 12th day in a row. The total number of cases since a cluster outbreak was discovered at the Xinfadi market on June 11 stands at 335, the municipal health commission said on Friday.

One new asymptomatic case was reported on Friday. A total of 18 asymptomatic people are still under medical observation, the health commission said.

Thirteen patients have recovered, taking the total to 190. All severe and critical COVID-19 patients in the city have recovered to normal conditions.

As of Saturday, only one area in Beijing remains at a medium risk level of coronavirus transmission, as all other areas in the city are now at low-risk of COVID-19, said Gao Xiaojun, spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, at a press conference.

"Beijing has basically cut off the coronavirus transmission from the Xinfadi market cluster outbreak in about a month," Li Sufang, deputy director of the city's development and reform commission, told reporters.

As the recent coronavirus outbreak eases in Beijing, the city will move forward with plans to reopen theaters, cinemas, and business sites providing internet access services, Li said.

She added that the work-resumption rate among enterprises in Beijing has come to the level reported in early June prior to the Xinfadi market's cluster infections.