China’s growing COVID-19 outbreak tests vulnerable border towns By Reuters – Investing.com

China’s growing COVID-19 outbreak tests vulnerable border towns By Reuters – Investing.com

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has reported nearly 250 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 since the start of the current outbreak 10 days ago, with many infections in remote towns along porous international borders in the country's northwest.

China had 50 new local cases for Oct. 26, the highest daily count since Sept. 16, official data showed on Wednesday.

The overall number is tiny versus many clusters outside the country. It is also modest compared with more than 1,200 local cases reported during China's July-August outbreak and the more than 2,000 cases in January during the last winter.