The Chinese mainland recorded 186 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 85 linked to local transmissions and 101 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Thursday.

A total of 112 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded, and 774 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation. Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now total 108,380, with the death toll 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: 32,538 (17,015 recoveries, 385 deaths)

Macao: 80 (79 recoveries)

Taiwan: 20,156 (13,742 recoveries, 852 deaths)