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Published: 10:58, May 15, 2022
Chinese mainland reports 226 new local COVID-19 cases
By Xinhua
Published:10:58, May 15, 2022 By Xinhua

Medical workers transfer a COVID-19 patient in East China's Shanghai, May 9, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 226 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 166 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Sunday.

Shanghai also reported 1,203 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Saturday

Apart from Shanghai, 10 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 33 in Beijing.

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Shanghai also reported 1,203 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Saturday, out of a total of 1,492 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.

Following the recovery of 448 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospital on Saturday, there were 6,141 confirmed COVID-19 cases receiving treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.

Three new deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Shanghai, according to the commission.

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