China reports highest number of Covid-19 cases in over a month

The 38 domestically transmitted cases centred on Inner Mongolia and Gansu and were the largest number seen since September 20

The local authorities have stepped up their alert levels and urged National Day tourists who visited the affected areas to get tested

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Tourists queue at a testing site in Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia’s Alxa League. Photo: Xinhua

Published: 7:00pm, 23 Oct 2021Updated: 9:32pm, 23 Oct 2021

China reported 38 new domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases for Friday, the highest daily total since the outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant last month.

The latest infections, including one asymptomatic case, were mainly concentrated in the north and northwest of the country.

It is the highest number of new cases since September 20, when 42 new domestic transmissions were recorded in Fujian in the southeast of the country.

The National Health Commission also announced another 12 new imported cases on Friday, bringing the total Covid-19 infections on the mainland to 50, none of which were fatal.

Under the national policy of zero tolerance for domestic infections, local governments in Inner Mongolia and Gansu, the two worst affected areas, have raised their alert levels and introduced new measures to curb the spread of the disease.

Other new cases were reported in Beijing, Ningxia and Yunnan.

The previous day Inner Mongolia and Gansu reported 11 and nine new cases respectively.

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