A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid testing in Bengshan district of Bengbu city, east China's Anhui province, July 16, 2022. (ZHOU MU / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 155 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 248,262 on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday
Altogether 683 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.
A total of 319 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Saturday, said the commission in its report.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 248,262 on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday.
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Saturday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.