The Chinese mainland recorded 21 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 8 locally transmitted cases in the southwestern province of Yunnan, data from the National Health Commission (NHC) showed on Friday.

No additional deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Thursday, the NHC said.

Twelve new asymptomatic cases were recorded the same day, while 293 asymptomatic patients are under medical observation.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland to 90,386, with the death toll unchanged at 4,636.

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

Hong Kong: 11,549 (11,174 recoveries, 205 deaths)

Macao: 49 (48 recoveries)

Taiwan: 1,050 (1007 recoveries, 10 deaths)