Local residents buy vegetables at a market under COVID-19 prevention and control measures, in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Sept. 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland Friday reported 440 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 128 were in Sichuan, the National Health Commission said Saturday.
Altogether 1,379 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified on Friday, including 524 in Tibet and 168 in Heilongjiang, said the commission in its report. ■
