BEIJING — Here are the latest developments on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China:

— Chinese health authority said on May 3 that it received reports of two new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on May 2, including an imported case in Shanghai and an indigenous case in Shanxi province.

No deaths or suspected cases were reported on May 2 on the mainland, the National Health Commission said in a daily report.

— The number of existing confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland had dropped for 11 consecutive days as of May 2, said Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission, on May 3 at a press conference in Beijing.

However, 10 provincial-level regions had reported new locally transmitted cases or asymptomatic cases over the last 14 days, which highlighted that risks of a resurgence and even spread of the epidemic still existed, Mi noted.

— Some public venues such as cinemas, theatres, arcades, and natatoria in Beijing remain closed for epidemic prevention and control, the municipal government said on May 2.