Medical workers from Nanfang Hospital collect samples for nucleic acid tests in Liwan district of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province, May 27, 2021. (DENG HUA/XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland Friday reported 67 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 25 in Anhui and 11 in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Saturday.
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A total of 304 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 11 provincial-level regions.
Forty-four COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Friday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 220,345.
Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.
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