The Chinese mainland reported 1,540 new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22,561 asymptomatic infections on Thursday, the National Health Commission said on Friday.
Of the local confirmed cases reported Thursday, 824 were in Shanghai, 617 in Jilin, 20 in Fujian, and 13 in Jiangsu. The rest were reported in 16 provincial-level regions.
Besides, a total of 36 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the mainland.
Thursday also saw 22,648 new asymptomatic carriers on the Chinese mainland, including 22,561 local ones and 87 imported ones, said the commission.
Shanghai reported 824 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 20,398 local asymptomatic infections, four imported patients and three imported asymptomatic infections on Thursday, said the Shanghai Health Commission on Friday morning.
Of all the local infections, 323 confirmed patients were previously asymptomatic infections. Another 121 confirmed patients and 19,798 asymptomatic cases were detected during central quarantine, while the rest were found in the screening of high-risk people.