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. ■
