The Chinese mainland recorded 368 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 307 attributed to local transmissions and 61 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Thursday.

A total of 1,689 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Wednesday, and 23,663 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 243,449, 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: 385,789 (74,764 recoveries, 9,690 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (785 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 5,308,029 (13,742 recoveries, 9,914 deaths)