Chinese mainland reports 11 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

A resident scans a QR code to register his health status at the entrance of a community in Haidian District, Beijing, June 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 11 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including five in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, four in Liaoning, and one each in Beijing and Shanghai, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

A total of 41 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in seven provincial-level regions, including 16 in Inner Mongolia, eight in Beijing, and six in Shanghai.

Following the recovery of 72 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospitals on Friday, there were 914 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment across the Chinese mainland.

Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the mainland's total COVID-19 deaths at 5,226.