China reports 33 new cases

SHANGHAI - Mainland China reported 33 new COVID-19 cases on January 4, matching the count from the day before, the country's national health authority said on Tuesday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that 16 of the new cases were infections imported from overseas. The commission reported 17 new locally transmitted cases:

14 in Hebei province, two in Liaoning province and one in the capital city of Beijing. New asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to 37 from 40 the previous day.