The Chinese mainland on Sunday recorded 21 new COVID-19 cases, including six locally transmitted in northeast China's Liaoning Province, the National Health Commission announced on Monday.

Twenty new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were also recorded, while 267 asymptomatic patients remained under medical observation.

No COVID-19 deaths were registered on Sunday. Meanwhile, 16 patients were discharged from hospital. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in China reached 86,976, and the death toll stood at 4,634.

The total number of confirmed infections in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the Taiwan region were as follows:

Hong Kong: 8,610 (7,474 recoveries, 137 deaths)

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries) 

Taiwan: 785 (653 recoveries, 7 deaths)