A medic takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Haidian district of Beijing, capital of China, May 13, 2022. (REN CHAO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 191 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 82 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Thursday.
Shanghai also reported 637 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Wednesday
Apart from Shanghai, six other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 50 in Beijing and 34 in Sichuan.
Shanghai also reported 637 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Wednesday, out of a total of 825 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.
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Following the recovery of 394 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals on Wednesday, there were 5,022 confirmed COVID-19 cases receiving treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.
One new death from COVID-19 was reported in Shanghai, according to the commission.