There were 40 domestic transmissions that prompted authorities to test millions in the Jiangsu province.
Beijing has a zero-risk approach to the virus, which emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. It locks down cities and performs mass testing whenever small clusters appear.
"Health officials have found 57 positive cases after testing all residents in Nanjing during the first round," the local government said in a statement Sunday. Beijing has rushed to curb recent mini-outbreaks in border provinces, aware of the risks of the fast-spreading Delta variant. Beijing has tightened border controls and even supplied more than 10,000 Covid-19 vaccines to the Kachin Independence Army, a spokesman for the rebel group said Saturday.
The world's second-largest economy has staged a rapid recovery from last year's slump caused by the pandemic, while much of Asia is still battling to contain the virus.
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