Published: 10:17, January 16, 2021 | Updated: 04:58, June 5, 2023
115 local COVID-19 cases among mainland's fresh 130
By Xinhua

Workers disinfect a wooden bridge in a community classified as a medium-risk for COVID-19, in Yuhua district of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei province, Jan 12, 2021. (WANG XIAO/XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 130 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 115 were locally transmitted and the rest arrived from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

Of the locally transmitted cases, 90 were reported in Hebei, 23 in Heilongjiang, and two in Beijing, the commission said in its daily report.

A stay-at-home order for residents in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei province, is extended until Jan 19 to prevent the spread of COVID-19

No deaths or suspected cases related to the disease were reported on Friday.

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By the end of Friday, a total of 4,489 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,208 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 281 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 88,118 by Friday, including 1,113 patients still receiving treatment, 38 of whom were in severe condition.

A total of 82,370 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,635 had died of the disease, according to the commission.

There was one suspected COVID-19 case on the mainland on Friday, and 33,409 close contacts remained under medical observation.

Friday saw 79 asymptomatic cases newly reported, of which 24 arrived from outside the mainland. On the same day, 20 asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed ones.

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A total of 670 asymptomatic cases were under medical observation, of which 262 arrived from outside the mainland.

By the end of Friday, 9,452 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 161 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases in the Macao SAR, and 843 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 8,684 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 741 in Taiwan.

Shijiazhuang extends stay-at-home order

Residents of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei province, are required to keep staying at home until Jan 19 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to the city's epidemic prevention and control headquarters office.

Previously, all residents in Shijiazhuang and the neighboring Xingtai city were asked to stay at home for seven days after citywide nucleic acid testing was completed a week ago.

In Xingtai, residents except for those in Nangong are allowed to resume normal life and production order from Saturday, as all samples collected from two rounds of citywide nucleic acid testings were negative in Xingtai except in the county-level city of Nangong, according to the COVID-19 prevention and control office of Xingtai.