Chinese mainland reports 102 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases-Xinhua

Chinese mainland reports 102 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-09-16 09:51:00

A medical worker works in an air-inflated testing lab in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Qiong)

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 102 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 43 in Sichuan, according to the National Health Commission's report Friday.

A total of 746 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified.

A total of 799 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals to 238,413.

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