China reports 776 new COVID-19 cases for Jul 18

SHANGHAI: Mainland China reported 776 new COVID-19 cases for Monday (Jul 18), of which 237 were symptomatic and 539 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.

That compared with 598 new cases a day earlier - 167 symptomatic and 431 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.

There were no new deaths, leaving the nation's fatalities at 5,226.

As of Monday, mainland China had confirmed 227,830 cases with symptoms.

China's capital Beijing reported zero new local symptomatic cases, the same as the previous day, and one asymptomatic case which was the first case in the city since Jul 10, compared with none a day earlier, the local government said.

Shanghai reported four new local symptomatic cases, compared with three a day earlier, and 19 local asymptomatic cases versus 14 the previous day, local government data showed.