The Chinese mainland recorded 137 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 80 linked to local transmissions and 57 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

A total of 37 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 694 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 107,512, 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: 21,750 (15,699 recoveries, 258 deaths)

Macao: 79 (79 recoveries)

Taiwan: 19,864 (13,742 recoveries, 852 deaths)