BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on Feb 18 reported 80 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Feb 19.
Of the new local infections, 46 were reported in Inner Mongolia, 19 in Jiangsu, eight in Liaoning, three each in Guangdong and Yunnan, and one in Zhejiang, the commission said in its daily report.
Feb 18 also saw reports of 57 imported COVID-19 cases in 10 provincial-level regions, said the commission.
Four 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 37 asymptomatic cases were newly reported on Feb 18, 22 of whom arrived from outside the mainland, according to the commission.
As of Feb 18, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on the Chinese mainland, both local and imported, had reached 107,512.
There were 1,482 patients still under treatment on Feb 18, of whom eight were in severe condition. A total of 4,636 patients had died of the virus on the mainland since the outbreak of the disease.