Chinese mainland reports 3 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases

BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland Tuesday reported three locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, two of which were in Jiangsu province and one in Guangdong province, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

A total of 36 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified on Tuesday in eight provincial-level regions, including 15 in Anhui, nine in Tianjin, and four in Jiangsu.

Altogether 47 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged to 219,915 on the Chinese mainland as of Tuesday.

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