News Snapshot:
BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland Thursday reported 162 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 127 were in Hainan, the National Health Commission said Friday. Altogether 248 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. A total of 147 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, said the Commission in its report. The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 223,286 on the Chinese mainland as of Thursday. Thursday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.
