The Chinese mainland recorded 21 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, one case of local transmission in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and 20 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Thursday.
In addition, 22 new asymptomatic cases were recorded, while 370 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.
Among the imported cases, six were reported in Yunnan, three in Tianjin, two each in Shandong, Guangdong and Guangxi, and one each in Liaoning, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Henan and Hubei.
Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 96,478, with the death toll unchanged at 4,636.