Published: 10:40, January 7, 2022 | Updated: 10:50, January 7, 2022
Mainland reports 116 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
By Xinhua

A medical worker collects a swab sample from a child at a COVID-19 testing site in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province, Dec 21, 2021. (SHAO RUI / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 116 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.

Also reported were 58 new imported cases in 13 provincial-level regions, according to the National Health Commission 

Of the new local cases, 57 were reported in Shaanxi, 56 in Henan, and three in Zhejiang, the commission said.

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Also reported were 58 new imported cases in 13 provincial-level regions, according to the commission.

Six suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were newly reported in Shanghai, said the commission, adding that no new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 103,295 by Thursday, including 3,359 patients still receiving treatment, of whom 30 were in severe condition.

A total of 95,300 patients had been discharged from hospitals on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

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A total of 45 asymptomatic cases were newly reported Thursday, 42 of whom arrived from outside the mainland.