HARBIN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province reported 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 30 asymptomatic infections on Friday, local health authorities said on Saturday.
One of the asymptomatic cases was reported in Daowai District in the provincial capital of Harbin, said the provincial health commission.
The other new confirmed and asymptomatic cases were all close contacts or secondary close contacts of earlier COVID-19 infections in Huiqi Village, Wangkui County.
All the new confirmed and asymptomatic cases have been rushed to designated medical institutions, their close contacts and secondary close contacts have been put under medical isolation, and the places they visited have been disinfected. Enditem