This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the State Health Committee of the country.

It is noted that 21 of the new cases are imported, three were identified in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

In total, 86,021 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in China since the beginning of the pandemic.

Earlier it became known that China is conducting clinical trials of 13 vaccines against coronavirus infection COVID-19, four of which are in the third stage of research.