The Chinese mainland recorded 222 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 162 attributed to local transmissions and 60 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Friday.

A total of 317 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Thursday, and 5,604 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 230,135, 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: 358,728 (68,399 recoveries, 9,527 deaths)  

Macao: 791 (777 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 4,675,128 (13,742 recoveries, 9,082 deaths)