A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Huangpu district of Shanghai, East China, April 4, 2022. (JIN LIWANG / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland reported 1,334 new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, down from 1,540 on Thursday, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
Of the local confirmed cases reported Friday, 1,015 were in Shanghai, 248 in Jilin, 13 in Zhejiang, and six in Beijing. The rest were reported in 12 provincial-level regions.
A total of 1,996 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals on the Chinese mainland on Friday, up from 1,867 on Thursday, National Health Commission said
Besides, a total of 16 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the mainland.
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Friday also saw 23,815 new asymptomatic carriers on the Chinese mainland, including 23,737 local ones and 78 imported ones, said the commission.
Among the asymptomatic carriers, 22,609 were reported in Shanghai and 706 in Jilin.
A total of 1,996 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals on the Chinese mainland on Friday, up from 1,867 on Thursday, the commision said.
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The commission added in its daily report that 23,342 close contacts were discharged from medical observation on the mainland on Friday.
Altogether 135,218 patients had been discharged from hospitals across the mainland after recovery by the end of Friday, according to the report.