The Chinese mainland recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, nine from south China's Guangdong Province and 15 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission (NHC) showed on Friday.

No new deaths related to COVID-19 were recorded on Thursday, the NHC said.

Twenty-one new asymptomatic cases were recorded on the same day, while 375 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland to 91,194, 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: 11,849 (11,577 recoveries, 210 deaths)

Macao: 51 (49 recoveries)

Taiwan: 9,974 (1,133 recoveries, 166 deaths)