The first COVID-19 patient since the new Beijing cluster infections detected in Xinfadi wholesale market on June 11 has recovered and been discharged from Beijing Ditan Hospital on Monday.

The patient, an airport bus driver, was confirmed to have contracted with the novel coronavirus after visiting the Xinfadi market on June 3.

Xinfadi, the largest wholesale market supplying fruit, vegetable and meat in Beijing, was suspended on June 13 after personnel working there and the market surfaces tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

So far, the Chinese capital has seen a total of 318 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since June 11.