A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Liwan district of Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, April 9, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland Friday reported 128 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 42 in Gansu and 35 in Guangxi, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
Altogether 594 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 11 provincial-level regions on Friday.
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A total of 97 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Friday, said the commission.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 221,542 on the Chinese mainland as of Friday.
Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.
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