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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 268 new cases of COVID-19 as of July 1, including 72 symptomatic and 196 asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. That compares with 245 new cases a day earlier – 37 symptomatic and 208 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were no new deaths, keeping the country’s death toll since the start of the pandemic at 5,226. As of Friday, mainland China had confirmed 225,747 cases with symptoms. China’s capital, Beijing, and financial hub, Shanghai, reported no new symptomatic or asymptomatic local cases, as on the previous day, according to data...
