Iran Press/ Asia: Of the new infections, 57 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, unchanged from a day earlier. Most of the new local COVID-19 cases were in the northwestern province of Shaanxi.
China reported 19 new asymptomatic cases, which it classifies separately from confirmed cases, also unchanged from a day earlier.
There were no new deaths, leaving the death toll at 4,636.
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