Medical workers of an air-inflated testing lab prepare to receive nucleic acid samples in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 5, 2022. (LIU QIONG / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 441 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 207 in Inner Mongolia and 53 in Xinjiang, according to the National Health Commission's report Sunday.
A total of 1,307 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.
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A total of 184 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Saturday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 244,297.
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Saturday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.