A staff member works at the air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in the Binhai New Area of north China's Tianjin, Jan 13, 2022. (ZHAO ZISHUO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 102 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
Of the new local infections, 46 were reported in Guangdong, 19 in Jilin, eight in Inner Mongolia, six in Hebei, five in Shandong, three each in Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangxi, two each in Hainan and Yunnan, and one each in Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan, the commission said in its daily report.
A total of 179 imported COVID-19 cases were reported on Friday, said the commission.
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Five new suspected cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were reported in Shanghai, said the commission. It added that no deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day.