The Chinese mainland recorded 77 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 69 linked to local transmissions and eight from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Thursday.

A total of 20 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 459 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 100,000, with the death toll unchanged since January at 4,636.

The latest tally of confirmed cases in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan region is as follows:

Hong Kong: 12,496 (12,180 recoveries, 213 deaths)

Macao: 77 (77 recoveries)

Taiwan: 16,759 (13,742 recoveries, 849 deaths)