This aerial photo taken on Sept 5, 2022 shows a community testing site for COVID-19 in Wudang District of Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province. (YANG YING / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 97 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Friday.
Altogether 625 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.
A total of 184 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, said the commission in its report.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 242,254 on the Chinese mainland as of Thursday.
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Thursday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.