The Chinese mainland recorded 164 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 128 attributed to local transmissions and 36 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

A total of 653 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Friday, and 5,783 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 228,519, with the death toll from COVID-19 standing at 5,226.  

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

Hong Kong: 349,298 (66,336 recoveries, 9,454 deaths)  

Macao: 783 (367 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 4,386,289 (13,742 recoveries, 8,478 deaths)