The Chinese mainland reported 1,284 new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.
Of the local confirmed cases reported Wednesday, 890 were in Jilin, 322 in Shanghai, and 14 in Zhejiang.
Besides, a total of 39 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the mainland.
Wednesday also saw 21,784 new asymptomatic carriers on the Chinese mainland, including 21,711 local ones and 73 imported ones, said the commission.
Shanghai reported 322 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 19,660 local asymptomatic infections, seven imported patients and one imported asymptomatic infection on Wednesday, said the Shanghai Health Commission on Thursday morning.
Of all the local infections, 15 confirmed patients were previously asymptomatic infections. Twelve confirmed patients and 19,027 asymptomatic cases were detected during central quarantine, while the rest were found in the screening of high-risk people.