China reported 96 new cases of COVID-19 on the mainland for Aug. 7, down from 107 cases a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Sunday.
Published : 08 Aug 2021, 05:53 PM
The latest clusters were mainly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, officials said.
Among the new confirmed infections, 81 were locally transmitted, up from 75 a day earlier, while 15 cases were imported from abroad, the National Health Commission (NHC) said.
The number of new asymptomatic infections fell to 30 from 32 a day earlier. China does not classify them as confirmed cases.
China has reported a total of 93,701 infections since the outbreak began.