Six residents of Chongqing tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, local authorities said on Wednesday morning.

Four of the people were identified through nucleic acid tests, according to the Chongqing Health Commission. The other two people were asymptomatic.

All the cases were related to those reported either in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Tuesday or in Chongqing's Jiulongpo district, the commission said.