SHANGHAI : China on Saturday reported a slight increase in new cases of COVID-19 as it marks the anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Wuhan where the disease emerged in late 2019.The National Health Commission said 107 new COVID-19 cases had been identified on Saturday, up from 103 cases the day before.The commission said in a statement that 90 of the new cases were local infections.The northeastern province of Heilongjiang recorded 56 new cases and neighbouring Jilin province had 13.
Both Beijing and Shanghai recorded three new cases each, and the province of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, recorded 15 new cases.The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to.