BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on July 16 reported 106 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 53 in Gansu, 21 in Guangdong, and nine in Guangxi, the National Health Commission said on July 17.

Altogether 474 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 12 provincial-level regions on July 16, of which 235 were in Guangxi.

A total of 94 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on July 16, said the commission.

The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 220,971 on the Chinese mainland as of July 16.

July 16 saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.