The Chinese mainland on Wednesday recorded 138 new COVID-19 cases – 124 local transmissions and 14 from overseas, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.

The domestic cases were reported in north and northeast China provinces: 81 in Hebei and 43 in Heilongjiang.

Seventy-eight new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were recorded, while 599 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation. Thirty-six patients were discharged from hospitals. 

The total number of the confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland has reached 87,844. One death was confirmed in Hebei Province on Wednesday, which brought the death toll to 4,635.

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

Hong Kong: 9,385 (8,584 recoveries, 161 deaths)

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries) 

Taiwan: 842 (731 recoveries, 7 deaths)