Medical workers work in an air-inflated testing lab in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 5, 2022. (LIU QIONG / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 92 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 48 in Sichuan, the National Health Commission said Monday.

A total of 715 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.

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A total of 366 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals to 239,454.

Sunday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll remaining at 5,226.

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