China has reported the lowest daily count of local confirmed Covid-19 infections in two weeks after cities sealed up areas of virus risk, quarantined infections and conducted mass testing.

Mainland China has reported a total of 55 domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms for the last 24 hours, according to official data, lower than 127 a day earlier and marking the fewest since January 4.

The drop was mainly driven by fewer infections in the central city of Anyang, which reported 29 new local symptomatic cases for Jan 18, compared with 94 the prior day, data from the National Health Commission showed.

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