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.
