Aerial photo taken on July 16, 2022 shows citizens standing in lines to take nucleic acid tests in Bengshan District of Bengbu City, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland Saturday reported 87 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 26 in Gansu and 23 in Guangxi, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
Altogether 782 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 13 provincial-level regions on Saturday.
A total of 123 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Saturday, said the commission.
The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 221,665 on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday.
Saturday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226. ■
