The Chinese mainland recorded 357 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, with 349 linked to local transmissions and eight from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Tuesday.

A total of 3,118 new asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Monday, and 87,294 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now number 220,397, with the total death toll from COVID-19 at 5,191.

The latest tally of confirmed cases in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan region is as follows:

Hong Kong: 331,306 (60,636 recoveries, 9,347 deaths)

Macao: 82 (82 recoveries)

Taiwan: 397,504 (13,742 recoveries, 931 deaths)