Feb 12 (Reuters) - China reported 12 new mainland COVID-19cases on Feb. 11, official data showed on Friday, up from twocases a day earlier but there were no new locally transmittedinfections as the Lunar New Year holiday began.
All of the new cases were imported infections, the NationalHealth Commission said in a statement. New asymptomaticinfections, which China does not classify as confirmed COVID-19cases, fell to eight from 16 a day earlier.
China saw a major resurgence of the disease in January, whena cluster emerged in Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing.The disease spread to northeastern Heilongjiang and Jilinprovinces in the country's worst outbreak since March 2020,prompting an aggressive package of measures including lockdownsin the worst-hit areas to curb the spread of the virus.
Friday's data adds to evidence that China was able toeffectively stamp out the latest wave of infections and avoidanother full-blown COVID-19 crisis.
The total number of confirmed mainland China COVID-19 casesstands at 89,748. The death toll is unchanged at 4,636.
(Reporting by Se Young Lee in Washington; Editing by Tom Hogue)