The Chinese mainland recorded 171 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, with 127 linked to local transmissions and 44 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Tuesday.

A total of 33 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 760 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 105,258, 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: 12,867 (12,416 recoveries, 213 deaths)

Macao: 79 (77 recoveries)

Taiwan: 17,885 (13,742 recoveries, 851 deaths)