A staff member guides students to enter an exam site of the 2022 senior high school entrance examination in Pinggu District of Beijing, China, June 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland Sunday reported five locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, three of which were in Beijing and two in Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Monday.
A total of 18 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified on Sunday in seven provincial-level regions, including six in Liaoning.
Altogether 77 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged to 219,791 on the Chinese mainland as of Sunday.
Sunday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll standing at 5,226. ■
