BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported 1,455 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections on April 2, the National Health Commission said on April 3.

Of the local confirmed cases reported on April 2, 956 were in the northeastern province of Jilin, 438 in Shanghai, and 11 in Zhejiang.

Over a dozen other provincial-level regions also saw new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections.

Besides, a total of 51 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the Chinese mainland, compared with 43 in the previous day.

Following the recovery of 2,468 patients on April 2, the number of COVID-19 patients currently undergoing treatment stood at 26,167, including 57 in critical conditions.

There have been no new COVID-19 deaths and the death toll has remained unchanged at 4,638.

April 2 also saw the reporting of 11,781 new asymptomatic cases on the Chinese mainland, including 11,691 local ones and 90 imported ones, according to the commission.

Among the asymptomatic cases, 7,788 were reported in Shanghai and 3,499 in Jilin.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on the mainland, both local and imported, was 154,738 as of April 2.