Residents wait in line to receive test at a nucleic acid testing site in Shoupakou South Street of Xicheng District, Beijing, capital of China, June 24, 2020. To better curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Beijing has increased the numbers of daily nucleic acid tests from about 40,000 to over 300,000. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of 19 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, of whom 14 were domestically transmitted and five were imported.
Of the domestically transmitted cases, 13 were reported in Beijing and one in neighboring Hebei Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
No deaths related to the disease were reported Wednesday, according to the commission. ■
