The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,566 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 1,401 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report Sunday.
Apart from Shanghai, 16 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 60 in Jilin, 26 in Heilongjiang, and 22 in Beijing.
Following the recovery of 2,672 COVID-19 patients on Saturday, there were 29,531 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country.
Saturday saw 39 deaths from COVID-19, all in Shanghai, bringing the mainland's total COVID-19 deaths to 4,725.
Shanghai reported 1,401 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 19,657 local asymptomatic infections and no new imported cases on Saturday, said the Shanghai Health Commission on Sunday morning.
Of all the local infections, 541 confirmed patients were previously asymptomatic infections. Another 816 confirmed patients and 19,421 asymptomatic cases were detected during central quarantine, while the rest were found in the screening of high-risk people.
