Henan province reported 98 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including four in Zhengzhou, 69 in Anyang and 25 in Xuchang. The provincial Health Commission reported the numbers on Friday.

According to information released by Yuzhou's local government, a county-level city under the administration of Xuchang, among 41 cases reported on Monday and Tuesday, the youngest is a 3-year-old kindergarten student and the oldest is a 99-year-old woman.

In Anyang, news of 58 confirmed cases published on Friday shows that 53 were students and teachers from the Yucai School in Tangyin county.

Anyang reported the first two cases of the recent outbreak on Sunday, among them a student from the school.