A medical worker works in an air-inflated testing lab in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 5, 2022. (LIU QIONG / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 129 locally transmitted, confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 51 were in Sichuan and 32 in Guizhou, according to the National Health Commission's report on Saturday.
A total of 624 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.
A total of 206 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Friday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 240,906.
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Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.