The Chinese mainland recorded 167 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 126 attributed to local transmissions and 41 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Thursday.

A total of 916 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Wednesday, and 20,909 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 247,724, 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: 402,928 (79,426 recoveries, 9,830 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (787 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 5,804,343 (13,742 recoveries, 10,366 deaths)