The Chinese mainland recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, of which seven were locally transmitted and 17 from overseas, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

Five domestic cases were reported in Liaoning Province, one in Beijing and one in Heilongjiang Province.

Seventeen new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were also recorded, while 269 asymptomatic patients remained under medical observation.

No COVID-19 deaths were registered on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 16 patients were discharged from hospital. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in China reached 87,027, 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 are as follows:

Hong Kong: 8,724 (7,616 recoveries, 143 deaths)

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries) 

Taiwan: 795 (661 recoveries, 7 deaths)