China's health authority has reported 138 new Covid-19 cases in the mainland in the last 24 hours, down from 144 cases a day earlier, Reuters reports.

Of the new infections, 59 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission (NHC), down from 71 a day earlier. The other new cases were imported.

The new locally transmitted cases were in Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei and Guangdong, the NHC said.