The Chinese mainland recorded 190 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 124 linked to local transmissions and 66 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Thursday.

A total of 31 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 726 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 104,379, with the death toll remaining unchanged at 4,636 since January last year.

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

Hong Kong: 12,821 (12,316 recoveries, 213 deaths)

Macao: 79 (77 recoveries)

Taiwan: 17,559 (13,742 recoveries, 850 deaths)