The Chinese mainland recorded 637 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with 566 attributed to local transmissions and 71 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Wednesday.

A total of 2,399 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Tuesday, and 14,626 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 236,898, 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: 367,539 (70,639 recoveries, 9,580 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (785 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 4,927,754 (13,742 recoveries, 9,473 deaths)