Chinese mainland reports 53 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland Wednesday reported 53 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 37 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the National Health Commission said Thursday.

Eleven cases were reported in Liaoning, four in Shanghai and one in Beijing, the commission said.

A total of 111 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified, including 93 in Inner Mongolia and five each in Jilin and Shanghai.

A total of 145 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday.

That brought the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery to 218,403 on the Chinese mainland as of Wednesday.

Wednesday saw no new deaths from COVID-19.