China reported 14,288 new local COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with the pace of infection accelerating even as the nation’s top health officials began refining rules around control of the virus.
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The National Health Commission said that 1,675 new local symptomatic and 13,086 asymptomatic cases were found on Saturday, 533 of which were reclassified.
That is up from a nationwide tally of 11,323 on Friday. Daily cases have stayed above 10,000 since breaching that level last week for the first time since April.
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