Chinese mainland reports 182 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

A medical worker works at the air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid test in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

The Chinese mainland on Dec. 27 reported 182 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Dec. 28.

Of the new local cases, 180 were reported in Shaanxi, and one each in Zhejiang and Yunnan, the commission said.

Also reported were 27 new imported cases in 10 provincial-level regions, according to the commission.

No new suspected cases and new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day, it added.