Chinese mainland reports 8 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases
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BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland Wednesday reported eight locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, five of which were in Jiangsu Province, two in Guangdong Province and one in Beijing, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
A total of 31 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified on Wednesday in four provincial-level regions, including 13 in Anhui and nine in Jiangsu.
Altogether 65 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged to 219,980 on the Chinese mainland as of Wednesday.
Wednesday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll standing at 5,226.
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