China Covid Cases Hold Below 1,000 Amid Tighter Restrictions
- Beijing reports 18 new infections, all in quarantine
- Authorities have tightened curbs before key party meeting
Volunteers deliver boxes of vegetables to residents in Guiyang on Sept. 12.
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China’s Covid-19 cases held below 1,000 for a third day in a row as authorities aggressively prosecute their zero tolerance strategy in the lead up to a key Communist Party meeting next month.
The nation reported 958 cases for Tuesday, compared with 915 on Monday. That included 18 in Beijing, which has seen flareups in a number of colleges and a high school in recent days. All of the capital’s cases were already in quarantine. Nationwide infections have fallen steadily from the most recent peak of 3,424 on Aug. 17.