Beijing reports 52 new symptomatic COVID cases, 9 asymtomatic cases on May 21 - state media

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing reported 52 new locally transmitted symptomatic COVID-19 cases for May 21, down from 58 cases a day earlier, the local government said in a statement on Sunday.

China's capital also recorded 9 local asymptomatic cases, down from 12 previous day, it said.

(Reporting by Martin Quin Pollard and Eve Wu; Editing by Nick Zieminski)