However, the number of hotspot localities reported decreased to 86 compared to 93 the previous week.

The resurgence of Covid cases in China has prompted widespread lockdowns and other curbs on movement and business, as well as pushback.

China's capital, Beijing, reported 424 symptomatic and 1,436 asymptomatic cases, compared with 509 symptomatic and 1,139 asymptomatic cases the previous day, local government data showed.

Excluding imported cases, the number of new local cases was 31,444 on Nov 23, of which 3,927 were symptomatic and 27,517 were asymptomatic, health authorities say.