Beijing reports 56 new local COVID-19 infections-Xinhua


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BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reported 56 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday, said local authorities during a press conference held Wednesday. The new cases were all detected among personnel under closed-off management. Among the new infections, 19 are asymptomatic carriers, said Pang Xinghuo, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center, during the conference. Meanwhile, no patient with severe COVID-19 symptoms was found. Mass nucleic acid testings were organized in Beijing Tuesday, with over 14.5 million residents sampled. Among the samples, two tubes collected in a mixed testing...