A citizen receives COVID-19 nucleic acid test at a COVID-19 testing site in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 22, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 4,236 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
Altogether 33,376 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.
A total of 2,639 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Tuesday, said the commission in its daily report.
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Tuesday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,233.