Beijing adds 7 new cases to new cluster count

Beijing reported seven new local confirmed cases of COVID-19, four suspected cases and one asymptomatic infection on Tuesday, according to the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Six of the confirmed cases were from Fengtai district and one was from Daxing district.

Since the cluster outbreak on June 11 related to the Xinfadi agricultural wholesale market in Fengtai district, a major supplier of food to Beijing, 256 confirmed cases have been reported in the city.

Twenty-two asymptomatic cases are under medical observation and no new imported cases have been reported.