The Chinese mainland recorded 657 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 596 attributed to local transmissions and 61 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

A total of 3,180 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Friday, and 28,034 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 262,966, 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: 437,339 (92,378 recoveries, 10,439 deaths)

Macao: 795 (787 recoveries, six deaths)

Taiwan: 7,837,658 (13,742 recoveries, 13,084 deaths)