The Chinese mainland recorded 700 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 614 attributed to local transmissions and 86 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Thursday.

A total of 1,466 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Wednesday, and 6,263 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 232,809, 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: 362,983 (69,555 recoveries, 9,554 deaths)  

Macao: 791 (780 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 4,801,676 (13,742 recoveries, 9,298 deaths)