SHANGHAI: China reported 206 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Dec 25, up from 140 a day earlier, its health authority said on Sunday.
Of the new infections, 158 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, compared with 87 a day earlier. Most of the new local cases were in the northwestern province of Shaanxi.
China reported 29 new asymptomatic cases, which it classifies separately from confirmed cases, up from 24 a day earlier.
There were no new deaths, leaving the death toll at 4,636. Mainland China had 101,077 confirmed cases as of Dec 25.