Medical workers ride a tricycle around neighborhoods to collect nucleic acid samples for COVID-19 tests in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Oct 29, 2022. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland reported 1,675 locally transmitted, confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Altogether 13,086 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.

A total of 455 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Saturday, said the commission in its daily report.

The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery has reached 254,567 on the mainland.

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