Staff members work at a residential area in the border city of Manzhouli in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Dec 4, 2021. (LI ZHIPENG / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 38 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.

Also reported were 23 new imported cases in seven provincial-level regions, according to the National Health Commission

Of the new local cases, 28 were reported in Inner Mongolia, seven in Heilongjiang, two in Yunnan and one in Hebei.

Also reported were 23 new imported cases in seven provincial-level regions, according to the commission.

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One new suspected case arriving from outside the mainland was reported in Shanghai and no new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Sunday, it added.