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China has reported nearly 250 locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 since the start of the current outbreak 10 days ago, with many infections in remote towns along porous international borders in the country's north-west.

China had 50 new local cases on Oct 26, the highest daily count since Sept 16, official data showed yesterday.

The overall number is tiny compared with figures from outside the country. It is also nowhere near the more than 1,200 local cases reported during China's July-August outbreak and the more than 2,000 cases in January during the last winter...

Part of an article found in today's The New Paper.