# China reports 522,000 COVID-19 cases in July as wave plateaus

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- China News Service, 2026-08-14 07:55 UTC
- Health
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-08-14/detail-ihfifqmx7363565.shtml

> China reported 522,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in July, including 487 severe cases and one death, the China CDC said. Positivity among influenza-like illness cases rose, but the latest increase has slowed and reached a plateau. Most cases are mild, severity is unchanged, and no major public-health-risk variants have been detected.