Chinese mainland reports 102 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

2022-05-25 10:48:32
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A government worker (L) registers at a community medical service center to purchase medicine ordered by residents under home quarantine in Chaoyang District in Beijing, May 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 102 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 44 were in Shanghai and 41 in Beijing, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

Five other provincial-level regions on the mainland also saw new local COVID-19 cases, including seven in Tianjin and five in Sichuan.

Shanghai also reported 343 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Tuesday, out of a total of 418 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.

Following the recovery of 374 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals on Tuesday, there were 3,699 confirmed COVID-19 cases receiving treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.

No new death from COVID-19 was reported on Tuesday on the Chinese mainland, according to the commission.