The Chinese mainland recorded 1,504 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 1,452 attributed to local transmissions and 52 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.
A total of 10,446 asymptomatic cases were also recorded on Friday and 68,842 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland is 270,257, 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: 441,912 (93,913 recoveries, 10,511 deaths)
Macao: 795 (789 recoveries, six deaths)
Taiwan: 7,996,490 (13,742 recoveries, 13,441 deaths)