Chinese mainland reports 2,055 new local COVID-19 cases

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community testing site for COVID-19 in Yunyan district of Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, Sept 5, 2022. (YANG WENBIN / XINHUA)

BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 2,055 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

A total of 905 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Friday, said the commission in its daily report

Altogether 22,208 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.

A total of 905 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Friday, said the commission in its daily report.

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The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery has reached 258,995 on the mainland.

Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.