A medical examiner wears a protective suit near a testing booth as outbreaks of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) proceed in Beijing, China.
Thomas Peter | Reuters
China reported 35,183 recent COVID-19 infections on Nov. 25, of which 3,474 were symptomatic and 31,709 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday, setting a recent high for the third consecutive day.
That compared with 32,943 recent cases a day earlier – 3,103 symptomatic and 29,840 asymptomatic infections, which China counts individually.
Excluding imported cases, China reported 34,909 recent local cases on Friday, of which 3,405 were symptomatic and 31,504 were asymptomatic, up from 32,695 a day earlier.
There have been no deaths, keeping fatalities at 5,232. As of Friday, mainland China had confirmed 304,093 cases with symptoms.
Mega-cities proceed to struggle to contain outbreaks, with Chongqing and Guangzhou recording the majority of recent cases.
Chongqing, a southwestern city of 32 million people, reported 7,721 recent local cases for Friday, a jump of virtually 20% from yesterday.
Guangzhou, a prosperous city of nearly 19 million people in southern China, reported 7,419 recent local cases for Friday, down barely from 7,524 cases a day earlier.
Recent local cases for Friday within the capital Beijing jumped 58% to 2,595, based on figures released by local health authorities on Saturday.
There are COVID outbreaks in just about all Chinese provinces, with Hebei, Sichuan, Shanxi and Qinghai provinces each registering greater than a thousand recent cases on Friday.
