China on Saturday reported 30 new locally transmitted COVID-19 Cases on August 13, down for the fourth day in a row, are giving new indications that the one-month-long outbreak may be easing. The country reported 66 coronavirus Infections in the mainland down from 99 a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission. There were 36 imported cases.
The number of locally transmitted cases fell from 47 a day earlier to the lowest since July 30.
China reported 19 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, which it does not classify as confirmed infections, compared with 34 a day earlier.
There were no new deaths. As of Friday, mainland China had recorded 94,326 confirmed cases, taking the death toll to 4,636.
Many of the local cases in the current outbreak, the most widespread since the initial epidemic in the spring of 2020, have been traced to a handful of infections uncovered in Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu province, in late July.
spread of delta version China has prompted the activation of epidemic control protocols, including large-scale testing, demarcating risky neighborhoods and restricting movement in affected cities.
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