Chinese mainland reports 30 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Medical workers prepare novel coronavirus test kits at a community in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Aug 11, 2020. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] 

BEIJING -- Chinese health authority said Friday that it received reports of 30 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Thursday, including 22 imported cases and eight locally transmitted ones.

All the locally-transmitted cases were reported in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

Two new suspected COVID-19 cases, which were imported from outside the mainland, were reported in Shanghai, and no deaths related to the disease were reported on Thursday, the commission said.