A medical worker takes a swab sample from a child for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Futian district of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, Jan 9, 2022. (LIANG XU / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 54 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 17 fewer than the day before, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
The commission's daily report showed that Guangdong reported 28 new local infections, while Inner Mongolia reported seven, Hubei reported four, Jilin and Shanghai each reported three. In the meantime, Guangxi reported two cases, and Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Yunnan each reported one.
A total of 160 imported COVID-19 cases were reported on Wednesday, 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.