The Chinese mainland recorded 79 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with 45 linked to local transmissions and 34 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Monday.

A total of 51 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 876 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 106,419, 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: 14,665 (13,125 recoveries, 213 deaths)

Macao: 79 (79 recoveries)

Taiwan: 19,144 (13,742 recoveries, 851 deaths)