Residents queue for nucleic acid tests at a residential area in Xiqing district, North China's Tianjin, May 21, 2022. (LI RAN / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 104 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 48 were in Shanghai and 36 in Beijing, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
Shanghai also reported 290 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Wednesday, out of a total of 356 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland
Tianjin and Henan also saw 11 and nine new local COVID-19 cases, respectively.
Shanghai also reported 290 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Wednesday, out of a total of 356 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.
Following the recovery of 441 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals on Wednesday, there were 3,387 confirmed COVID-19 cases receiving treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.
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One new death from COVID-19 was reported on Wednesday in Shanghai, according to the commission.