The Chinese mainland recorded 99 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 40 linked to local transmissions and 59 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

A total of 41 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 823 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 106,863 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: 16,583 (14,037 recoveries, 216 deaths)

Macao: 79 (79 recoveries)

Taiwan: 19,455 (13,742 recoveries, 851 deaths)