A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid testing at Heping District in Tianjin, north China, July 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 101 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 34 in Sichuan, 24 in Gansu and 22 in Guangxi, the National Health Commission said Monday.
Altogether 579 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 14 provincial-level regions on Sunday.
A total of 131 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, said the commission.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 221,796 on the Chinese mainland as of Sunday.
Sunday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226. ■
