Northeast China's Liaoning province reported two locally transmitted confirmed cases and three asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, all in Yingkou city, local health authorities said at a news conference on Friday evening.

East China's Anhui province reported four locally transmitted confirmed cases and one asymptomatic case by Friday evening.

Two of the confirmed cases in Anhui had travel experience in Yingkou.

The Yingkou government imposed lockdown measures on Bayuquan district on Friday afternoon, banning people and vehicles in the area from leaving unless absolutely necessary.

Those who do need to leave the area must have a negative result for a nucleic acid test conducted within 72 hours.