China Mainland Reports 40 new COVID-19 cases

Chinese health authority said yesterday that it received reports of 40 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Monday, of which 32 were domestically transmitted and eight were imported.

Of the domestically transmitted cases, 27 were reported in Beijing, four in Hebei Province, and one in Sichuan Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

No deaths related to the disease were reported on Monday, according to the commission.

Beijing’s education authority on Monday ordered schools to reimplement closed-off management of campus, and allowed students to opt stay-at-home study mode amid ramped up epidemic control efforts. A string of measures have been rolled out since last week as the Chinese capital reported a resurgence of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases after a weeks-long lull.