The Chinese mainland recorded 639 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 578 attributed to local transmissions and 61 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

A total of 1,715 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Friday, and 20,053 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 238,822, 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: 370,944 (71,414 recoveries, 9,597 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (785 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 4,998,765 (13,742 recoveries, 9,572 deaths)