Beijing, June 15 (TIWN) China's National Health Commission (NHS) on Sunday said that there were 57 new COVID-19 cases detected in the last 24 hours, of which 36 were recorded in Beijing, following a recent outbreak of the virusin the capital city's main market.

These numbers mark the largest increase in cases in the country, where the pandemic originated in December 2019, in the last two months, reports Efe news.