Seven people tested positive on Tuesday in Ngari prefecture and Shigatse city in the Tibet autonomous region, according to statements released by local health authorities on Tuesday afternoon.
Eighteen people who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, had the highly contagious transmissible Omicron variant, the city's health authorities said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The Tibet autonomous region, which previously held the mainland record for the longest number of days without a COVID-19 case, reported multiple infections on Sunday.
Four people tested positive for COVID-19 during a regular nucleic acid tests in Burang county in Ngari prefecture of the Tibet autonomous region on Sunday, according to a statement issued by the prefecture's health authorities on Sunday.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has achieved robust economic growth and stability over the past decade, according to a press briefing in the regional capital Lhasa on Tuesday.
The Tibet autonomous region has made environmental protection a priority along with pursuing high-quality development for the region, senior officials said on Tuesday.
More than 2,700 projects have been undertaken in the Tibet autonomous region over the past three years by Aid-Tibet to assist the region's social and economic development, the regional Development and Reform Commission said at a news conference on Tuesday.
