China reports 1,437 new confirmed coronavirus cases, down from 1,938

Residents lining up outside a nucleic acid testing site of a hospital in Shanghai on March 11, 2022. - Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters): Mainland China reported 1,437 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday (March 13), the national health authority said on Monday, compared with 1,938 a day earlier.

Of the new cases, 1,337 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, compared with 1,807 a day earlier.