Beijing reports 51 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

(ECNS) -- Beijing reported 51 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18 asymptomatic cases between 3 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday, said Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, at a press conference by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission. 

The epidemic situation of COVID-19 prevention and control in the city is intense and complex, said Xu Hejian, a spokesman for the Beijing government, at the news conference Friday. 

The hidden transmission chains still exist at the community level, he added.