The Chinese mainland reported 1,383 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
Of the local confirmed cases reported Tuesday, 973 were in Jilin, 311 in Shanghai, and 17 in Zhejiang.
Shanghai reported 311 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 16,766 local asymptomatic infections, four imported patients and one imported asymptomatic infection on Tuesday, said the Shanghai Health Commission on Wednesday morning.
Of all the local infections, 40 confirmed patients were previously asymptomatic infections. Four confirmed patients and 16,256 asymptomatic cases were detected during central quarantine, while the rest were found in the screening of high-risk people.