Residents queue up for the nucleic acid test at a testing site in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Dec 21, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 162 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
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Of the new local cases, 152 were reported in Shaanxi, seven in Guangxi, and one each in Zhejiang, Guangdong and Sichuan, the commission said.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 101,277 by Sunday, including 2,158 patients still receiving treatment
Also reported were 38 new imported cases in nine provincial-level regions, according to the commission.
Four new suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported, and no new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day, it added.
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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 101,277 by Sunday, including 2,158 patients still receiving treatment, of whom 13 were in severe conditions.
A total of 94,483 patients had been discharged from hospitals on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.
A total of 27 asymptomatic cases were newly reported Sunday, all arriving from outside the mainland.