BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on Feb 28 reported 75 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on March 1.

Of the new local infections, 31 were reported in Guangdong, 14 in Inner Mongolia, six each in Tianjin, Guangxi and Yunnan, four in Heilongjiang, three in Jiangsu, two in Hubei, and one each in Shanxi, Hainan and Sichuan, the commission said in its daily report.

A total of 125 imported COVID-19 cases were reported on Feb 28, said the commission.

Nine new suspected cases were reported, of whom eight came from outside the mainland, said the commission.

No deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Feb 28.

A total of 144 asymptomatic cases were newly reported, of whom 102 arrived from outside the mainland, according to the commission.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on the Chinese mainland, both local and imported, stood at 109,526 on Feb 28.

There were 2,873 patients still under treatment on Feb 28, of whom 19 were in severe condition. A total of 4,636 patients had died of the virus on the mainland since the outbreak of the disease.