Xinhua
BEIJING, May 23– The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 174 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which, 83 were in Beijing, 55 in Shanghai and 32 in Tianjin, the National Health Commission said Monday, May 23.
Apart from the three metropolitan cities, three other provincial level regions on the mainland also saw new local COVID-19 cases, including two in Sichuan, and one each in Liaoning and Fujian.
Shanghai also reported 503 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus Sunday, out of a total of 628 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.
Following the recovery of 316 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals on Sunday, there were 4,275 confirmed COVID-19 cases receiving treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.
One new death from COVID-19 was reported in Shanghai, according to the commission. –ngs
