The COVID-19 cases in Beijing have jumped to 106, a senior city official said on Tuesday, warning that the situation is "extremely critical" in China's capital.
The authorities have mounted massive containment measures, including mass testing of about 90,000 people and lockdown around the wholesale market, which reported the new infections, according to foreign media.
The city reported 27 new cases in the last 22 hours, Beijing city spokesman Xu Hejian said. Since the Xinfadi wholesale market outbreak over the previous five days, the total confirmed new cases had reached 106, he said.
Earlier, China's National Health Commission (NHC) reported 46 new coronavirus cases, including 27 in Beijing, which is currently testing thousands of people and lockdown many residential areas following a sudden spurt of a cluster of incidence from a local wholesale market.
The NHC on Tuesday reported 40 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, of which 27 were detected in Beijing, four in Hebei Province, and one in Sichuan Province.
As of Monday, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland reached 83,221, including 210 patients, who were still being treated, with five in severe condition, the NHC said.
Altogether 78,377 people have been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 people have died of the disease, the commission said.