The Chinese mainland recorded 234 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with 179 attributed to local transmissions and 55 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Sunday.

A total of 1,069 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Saturday, and 23,264 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 246,852, 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: 399,007 (78,329 recoveries, 9,788 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (787 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 5,650,028 (13,742 recoveries, 10,255 deaths)