A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman in the Huangpu district of Shanghai on June 1, 2022, following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. (HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported five locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Shanghai reported three, and Inner Mongolia autonomous region and Liaoning province each reported one, said the commission.

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A total of 22 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in nine provincial-level regions, including six in Shanghai, four in Inner Mongolia, and three each in Liaoning and Jilin.

Following the recovery of 53 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals on Saturday, there were 897 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment across the Chinese mainland.

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Saturday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, and the mainland's total COVID-19 deaths stood at 5,226, said the commission.