New Delhi: China on Saturday witnessed a slight increase in fresh corona  cases as it marks the anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Wuhan where the deadly virus emerged in  2019. It has reported 107 new COVID-19 cases had been identified on Saturday, up from 103 cases the day before.

In a statement, the National Health Commission said that 90 of the new cases were local infections. The northeastern province of Heilongjiang registered 56 fresh cases and neighbouring Jilin province had 13. Both Beijing and Shanghai recorded three new cases each, and the province of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, recorded 15 new cases. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to 99 from 119 cases a day earlier.The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China stands at 88,911, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,635.

Beijing launched mass corona testing in some areas on Friday and Shanghai was testing all hospital staff as China faced its worst covid-19 outbreak since March, with families fretting over Lunar New Year reunion plans. Over 2 million people around the world have died from the novel coronavirus.

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