China builds massive Covid-19 quarantine camp for 4,000 people as outbreak continues - CNN

Hebei province now has a total of 818 active locally transmitted cases, and more than 200 asymptomatic infections, according to the provincial health commission.

Last Wednesday, a patient died in Hebei -- the country's first Covid-19 related death in 242 days.

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 88,557, while the official death toll is 4,635.

In an effort to contain the outbreak, authorities placed Shijiazhuang under lockdown on January 8, with all 11 million residents barred from leaving the city.

More than 20,000 citizens from 12 villages in Shijiangzhuang have since been relocated to other quarantine sites as a preventative measure, Chinese state media outlet CGTN reported last week.

To date, more than 17 million people have been tested in Hebei, with authorities currently undertaking a second round of mass testing in Shijiazhuang and the cities of Xingtai and Langfang.

Hebei authorities are now urging residents to stay at home, with officials sent to urban and rural areas to enforce measures and ensure people aren't traveling across the province and into Beijing.