The Chinese mainland recorded 161 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 102 attributed to local transmissions and 59 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Friday.

A total of 825 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Thursday, and 19,449 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.  

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 247,885, 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: 404,053 (79,828 recoveries, 9,836 deaths)  

Macao: 793 (787 recoveries, six deaths)  

Taiwan: 5,849,748 (13,742 recoveries, 10,423 deaths)