A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Chaoyang district of Changchun, Jilin province, March 10, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 79 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 33 in Guangxi, 19 in Sichuan and 15 in Gansu, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 222,044 on the Chinese mainland as of Tuesday
Altogether 525 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 14 provincial-level regions on Tuesday.
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A total of 130 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday, said the commission.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 222,044 on the Chinese mainland as of Tuesday.
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Tuesday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.