Chinese mainland reports 3,748 new local COVID-19 cases

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community in Liwan district of Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, April 9, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 3,748 locally transmitted, confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday.

Altogether 36,304 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.

A total of 2,103 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Sunday, said the commission in its daily report.

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Sunday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,233.