A medical worker injects COVID-19 vaccine for a senior citizen in Dongcheng district of Beijing, April 18, 2022. (JU HUANZONG / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland Monday reported 3,297 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 3,084 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Tuesday.

Shanghai also reported 17,332 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Monday, out of a total of 18,187 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland

Apart from Shanghai, 18 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 88 in the northeastern province of Jilin.

Shanghai also reported 17,332 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Monday, out of a total of 18,187 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.

A total of 1,912 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Monday, said the daily report.

That brought the mainland's total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 153,319 as of Monday.

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On Monday, 39,131 close contacts were released from medical observation on the mainland, the report said.

Seven new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Monday in Shanghai, according to the report.