Mainlandreports24newlocalcases
From: Shenzhen Daily
Updated: 2021-08-16 09:08
The mainland Saturday reported 24 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report yesterday.
Among the local cases, 18 were reported in Jiangsu, five in Henan and one in Hunan.
Also reported were 29 new imported cases, including 13 in Guangdong, six in Shanghai, three each in Tianjin, Shandong and Yunnan, and one in Fujian.
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported three asymptomatic cases that were identified during routine nucleic acid testing yesterday, according to local authorities.
The three carriers have been sent to a local designated hospital for quarantine and medical observation in the port area of Alataw, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, said the regional epidemic prevention and control headquarters.
Seventy-four close contacts of the three cases have also been placed under medical observation, and epidemiological investigation and nucleic acid testing are still under way.