Chinese mainland reports 98 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases-Xinhua

Chinese mainland reports 98 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-07-26 11:32:14

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 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 98 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 37 in Gansu, 32 in Guangxi and 16 in Sichuan, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.

Altogether 770 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 13 provincial-level regions on Monday.

A total of 118 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Monday, said the commission.

The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 221,914 on the Chinese mainland as of Monday.

Monday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.