NE China's Dalian reports 11 new COVID-19 cases, total at 68

The city of Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province reported 11 new COVID-19 cases and six asymptomatic cases on Thursday, bringing its total number of confirmed cases since July 22 to 68, local health authorities said during a press conference on Friday.

Of the confirmed cases, 34 were employees of Dalian Kaiyang World Seafood Co. Ltd. , the site of a new cluster of infections after a 58-year-old employee tested positive for COVID-19 on July 22. Another 11 had been found of close contacts with the company's employees.

At present, 32 asymptomatic patients in the city are under medical observation, and Dalian will undertake a second round of testing on residents in high-risk areas.