Chinese mainland reports 47 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases
The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 47 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 17 each in Shanghai and Anhui, the National Health Commission said on Friday.
Altogether 331 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in nine provincial-level regions.
A total of 36 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, said the commission.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 220,301 on the Chinese mainland as of Thursday.
Thursday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.