SHANGHAI (Reuters) -&nbsp;China&nbsp;reported&nbsp;30,014&nbsp;new&nbsp;COVID-19 infections on&nbsp;Dec. 4, of which 4,318 were symptomatic and 25,696 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
That figures compares with the previous&nbsp;day's&nbsp;31,824&nbsp;new&nbsp;cases, of which 4,213 were symptomatic and 27,611 were asymptomatic infections, which&nbsp;China&nbsp;counts separately.
Excluding imported infections,&nbsp;China&nbsp;reported 29,724&nbsp;new&nbsp;local&nbsp;cases, of which 4,247 were symptomatic and 25,477 were asymptomatic, down from 31,601 a&nbsp;day&nbsp;earlier.
There were no deaths, versus two the previous&nbsp;day, leaving the tally at 5,235.
By Sunday, mainland&nbsp;China&nbsp;had confirmed 340,483&nbsp;cases&nbsp;with symptoms.
Overall&nbsp;cases&nbsp;are dropping as numerous cities scale back lockdowns, testing norms and quarantine rules.
Beijing, the capital, reported 1,021 symptomatic and 2,731 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases, up from the prior&nbsp;day's figures of 708 symptomatic and 2,486 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases, local government data showed.
The financial hub of Shanghai reported 41 symptomatic&nbsp;cases&nbsp;and 524 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases, compared with 36 symptomatic&nbsp;cases&nbsp;and 450 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases&nbsp;a&nbsp;day&nbsp;before, health officials said.
The southern city of Guangzhou, with a population of nearly 19 million people, reported 753&nbsp;new&nbsp;locally transmitted symptomatic and 3,663 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases, compared with 810 symptomatic and 3,771 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases&nbsp;a&nbsp;day&nbsp;before, authorities said.
Southwestern Chongqing reported 247&nbsp;new&nbsp;symptomatic locally transmitted&nbsp;COVID-19 infections and 4,575 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases, compared with 260 symptomatic and 5,112 asymptomatic&nbsp;cases&nbsp;the previous&nbsp;day, authorities said.
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(Reporting by Shanghai&nbsp;newsroom; Writing by Bernard Orr; Editing by XX)

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China reports 30,014 new COVID cases for Dec 4 vs 31,824 a day earlier