BEIJING — A total of 2.79 million couples registered for marriages in the first quarter, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs on April 24.

The figure was down about 46 percent year-on-year, Xu Jianzhong, an official with the ministry, said at a press conference.

At present, 5,771 marriage registration offices around the country have resumed work in an orderly manner, and no cases of cross-infection or infection clusters of COVID-19 have been reported during marriage registration, Xu added.