China logs 80 new local COVID-19 cases, 45 in Shanghai

May 27, 2022

Beijing [China], May 27 : The Chinese mainland reported 80 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, of which 45 were in Shanghai and 22 in Beijing, the National Health Commission said Friday.
Beijing reported 22 new confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and seven local asymptomatic cases in the past 24 hours, the Beijing municipal health commission said, reported Xinhua News Agency.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, 31 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals upon recovery.

A total of 216 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, the National Health Commission said in its Friday report.

That brought the mainland's total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 215,339 as of May 26.