The Chinese mainland recorded 29 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 12 linked to local transmissions and 17 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Friday.

A total of 52 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 869 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 106,270, 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: 14,013 (12,880 recoveries, 213 deaths)

Macao: 79 (79 recoveries)

Taiwan: 18,958 (13,742 recoveries, 851 deaths)