Medical workers clean and disinfect the floor at the National Exhibition and Convention Center, the largest makeshift hospital, in East China's Shanghai, April 14, 2022. (DING TING / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland reported 2,753 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, of which 2,494 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Wednesday.

Apart from Shanghai, 14 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 133 in the northeastern province of Jilin, and two in Beijing.

Following the recovery of 2,365 COVID-19 patients on Tuesday, there were 30,773 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in hospitals across China

Shanghai also reported 16,407 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Tuesday, out of a total of 17,066 on the mainland.

Following the recovery of 2,365 COVID-19 patients on Tuesday, there were 30,773 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country.

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Tuesday saw seven deaths from COVID-19, all in Shanghai, bringing the mainland's total COVID-19 deaths to 4,655 since the pandemic began more than two years ago.