BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on Feb 17 reported 40 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Feb 18.

Of the new local infections, 22 were reported in Inner Mongolia, nine in Liaoning, four each in Jiangsu and Guangdong, and one in Yunnan, the commission said in its daily report.

Feb 17 also saw eight provincial-level regions reporting 47 imported COVID-19 cases, said the commission.

Six new suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai, and no new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day, it added.

A total of 45 asymptomatic cases were newly reported on Feb 17, 25 of whom arrived from outside the mainland, according to the commission.

As of Feb 17, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on the Chinese mainland, both local and imported, had reached 107,375.

There were 1,423 patients still under treatment on Feb 17, of whom seven were in severe condition. A total of 4,636 patients had died of the virus on the mainland since the outbreak of the disease.