China has reported 17 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, mostly in the capital city.

According to details, The National Health Commission said 17 new infections were confirmed, down from 21 a day earlier.

In Beijing, 14 new confirmed cases were reported, down from 17 a day earlier.

Since June 11 when Beijing reported its first case in the current novel coronavirus outbreak, stemming from a sprawling wholesale food center in the southwest of the capital, 311 people in the city of more than 20 million have contracted the virus.

That took the cumulative number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 83,500.