Passengers register for COVID-19 nucleic acid tests in Huzhou Railway Station in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang province, Feb 6, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Thursday recorded 56 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

Of the new local infections, 33 were reported in Guangxi, 22 in Liaoning and one in Guizhou, the commission said in its daily report.

A total of 66 asymptomatic cases were newly reported Thursday, 61 of whom arrived from outside the mainland, according to the National Health Commission

Thursday also saw eight provincial-level regions reporting 45 imported COVID-19 cases, said the commission in its daily report.

No new suspected cases or deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day, it added.

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A total of 66 asymptomatic cases were newly reported Thursday, 61 of whom arrived from outside the mainland, according to the commission.

As of Thursday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on the Chinese mainland, both local and imported, had reached 106,764.

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There were 1,424 patients still under treatment on Thursday, of whom five were in severe condition. A total of 4,636 patients had died of the virus on the Chinese mainland since the outbreak of the pandemic.