The Chinese mainland registered 22 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday – 14 from overseas and eight domestically transmitted, the Chinese health authority said Saturday.

Seven of the eight domestically-transmitted cases were in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and one in south China's Guangdong Province.

No deaths linked to the disease were reported on Friday, while 57 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.

The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland stands at 84,808 and the cumulative death toll at 4,634, with 318 asymptomatic patients under medical observation.

The total confirmed cases in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the Taiwan region are as follows:

Hong Kong: 4,360 (3,392 recoveries, 67 deaths)

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries)

Taiwan: 481 (450 recoveries, 7 deaths)