ZHENGZHOU  -- Two areas in Shangqiu city, central China's Henan province, will be downgraded from medium-risk to low-risk for COVID-19 starting Wednesday, said local authorities Tuesday.

It marks that Henan Province will have no medium- and high-risk areas anymore from Wednesday.

Henan saw a resurgence of COVID-19 in late July, and a total of 167 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported from July 31 to Aug 26.