The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 1,494 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 1,292 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report on Thursday.
Apart from Shanghai, 16 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 56 in Jilin, 48 in Beijing, and 46 in Zhejiang.
Following the recovery of 2,724 COVID-19 patients on Wednesday, there were 25,506 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country.
Shanghai reported 1,292 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, 9,330 local asymptomatic infections and 47 deaths on Wednesday, said the Shanghai Health Commission on Thursday morning.
Of all the local infections, 858 confirmed patients were previously asymptomatic infections. Another 432 confirmed patients and 9,140 asymptomatic cases were detected during central quarantine, while the rest were found in the screening of high-risk people.