A total of 848 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from hospitals or released from quarantine as of Monday noon, Wang Xiao’e had said.
Xiao’e, an official with the Beijing municipal health commission had told a news conference.
All the 1,534 infection cases reported in Beijing since April 22, had been sent to Beijing Ditan Hospital and a makeshift hospital in Xiaotangshan Township for treatment.
Wang added that the 686 patients in hospitals were asymptomatic cases or developed mild and moderate symptoms.
A total of 16.9 million samples were collected during a citywide nucleic acid testing in Beijing on Sunday.
Wang noted that one tube of mixed sampling for COVID-19 that was collected in Tongzhou District was found positive.
The national capital reported 63 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections between 3 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m. Monday, said Liu Xiaofeng, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control centre.
Currently, Beijing has 10 high-risk areas and 25 medium-risk areas for COVID-19. (Xinhua/NAN)
