Mainland China reported 249 new confirmed coronavirus infections for yesterday, health officials said, up from 224 a day earlier, with a record number of imported cases including dozens among arrivals from Hong Kong, where infections are surging.
Of the new cases, 156 were imported and 93 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said this morning. Among the locally transmitted cases, 32 were in Inner Mongolia, nearly all in its capital of Hohhot, while 30 were in the southern province of Guangdong, including 19 in Dongguan and nine in the city of Shenzhen.
Of the imported cases, 59 were in Guangdong, which borders Hong Kong, which was the source of 55 cases, according to the provincial health authority.
The commercial city of Shanghai, a hub for the few international flights remaining under China's aggressive pandemic measures, accounted for 55 imported cases.