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An official has been sacked in Wuhan, capital of Chinaโ€™s Hubei province where the coronavirus pandemic originated in December last year.

The official has been terminated from his job after the city reported six new confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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Zhang Yuxin was removed from his post for poor management over the closing-off and control of the Sanmin residential community, where he served as secretary, Xinhua reported.

Wuhan reported a total of six new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday.

All the patients are from the Sanmin residential community.

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The community had previously reported 20 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

As of Monday, China had a total of 84,010 COVID-19 cases, with 4,637 deaths.