The Chinese mainland recorded 373 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 318 attributed to local transmissions and 55 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Friday.

A total of 1,665 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Thursday, and 24,226 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 243,822, 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: 387,307 (75,094 recoveries, 9,701 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (787 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 5,342,106 (13,742 recoveries, 9,950 deaths)