Chinese mainland reports 117 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases-Xinhua

Chinese mainland reports 117 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-07-18 10:01:00

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a citizen for nucleic acid testing in Bengshan District of Bengbu City, east China's Anhui Province, July 16, 2022.(Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland Sunday reported 117 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 59 in Guangxi and 28 in Gansu, the National Health Commission said Monday.

Altogether 393 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 12 provincial-level regions on Sunday.

A total of 86 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 221,057 on the Chinese mainland as of Sunday.

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