China Covid-19 cases top 100 as Delta drives Inner Mongolia outbreak
- Provincial capital Hohhot orders universal testing for key areas after logging 62 of 65 new cases from Inner Mongolia
- Fast-spreading clusters in Hohhot and Suzhou driven by Delta and Omicron, respectively, national health body says
The National Health Commission (NHC) said on Sunday that 101 new local infections were reported nationwide, rising from 80 a day earlier. The northern border region of Inner Mongolia accounted for 65 of the new cases, 62 of them in the capital city Hohhot alone. Another 16 were logged in Suzhou, in eastern Jiangsu province.
Nine cases in Liaoning, eight in Guangdong and three in Yunnan province accounted for the remaining infections reported.
Hohhot now has the capacity to test 350,000 samples a day after authorities mobilised resources from six other cities in the region, the paper reported.
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People line up in snow for Covid-19 testing amid outbreak in northern China border city
Those who fail to undergo Covid-19 tests as required will be barred from entering or leaving Hohhot, and access to residential areas, public places, and offices will be restricted, the city government said on Sunday. This comes after Hohhot imposed a number of area lockdowns over the past few days.
