Mainland reports 11 new local, confirmed COVID-19 cases

A resident scans a QR code to register his health status at the entrance of a community in Zhongguancun of Haidian district, Beijing, capital of China, June 12, 2022. (REN CHAO / XINHUA)

BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 11 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including five in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, four in Liaoning, and one each in Beijing and Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

A total of 41 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in seven provincial-level regions, including 16 in Inner Mongolia, eight in Beijing, and six in Shanghai

A total of 41 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in seven provincial-level regions, including 16 in Inner Mongolia, eight in Beijing, and six in Shanghai.

Following the recovery of 72 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals on Friday, there were 914 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment across the Chinese mainland.

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Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the mainland's total COVID-19 deaths at 5,226.