BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on Jan 28 recorded 37 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Jan 29.

East China's Zhejiang province reported 18 of the new local infections on Jan 28, all found in the capital city of Hangzhou. Of the other local infections, five were reported in Beijing and Tianjin respectively, three in Xinjiang, two in Heilongjiang, and one each in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Jan 28 also saw reports of 22 imported COVID-19 cases across the mainland.

No new suspected cases and new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day, the commission said.

A total of 32 asymptomatic cases were newly reported on Jan 28, 29 of whom arrived from outside the mainland, according to the commission.

As of Jan 28, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, both local and imported, reported on the Chinese mainland had reached 105,934.

There were 2,127 patients still under treatment on Jan 28, of whom eight were in severe condition. A total of 4,636 patients had died of the virus on the Chinese mainland since the outbreak of the pandemic.