China reports 89 COVID cases as outbreaks grow
China reported 89 new COVID-19 cases for November 7 compared with 74 a day earlier, its health authority said on Monday.
Of the new infections, 65 were locally transmitted cases, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, compared with 50 a day earlier.
More than half of the new local cases were found in the provinces of Liaoning and Henan.
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China reported 46 new asymptomatic patients, which it classifies separately from confirmed cases, compared with 35 a day earlier.
There were no new deaths, leaving the death toll unchanged at 4,636.
Infections have risen steadily in recent days, with authorities reporting 36 new cases on November 5 and 28 cases a day earlier. Mainland China had 97,823 confirmed coronavirus cases in total as of November 7.More than 800 locally-transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms have been reported since mid-October in 19 province-level regions, prompting a flurry of curbs on tourism and leisure businesses under Beijing’s zero-tolerance policy.