The Chinese mainland recorded 301 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 259 attributed to local transmissions and 42 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Friday.

A total of 1,103 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Thursday, and 24,048 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 246,328, 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: 396,687 (77,564 recoveries, 9,769 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (787 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 5,580,027 (13,742 recoveries, 10,170 deaths)