A volunteer registers nucleic acid test information at a hotel in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, Aug 9, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 322 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 64 in Xinjiang and 53 in Inner Mongolia, according to the National Health Commission's report Thursday.
A total of 1,154 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.
A total of 235 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 245,232.
Wednesday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.
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