BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on May 8 reported 401 confirmed local COVID-19 cases, of which 322 were in Shanghai, the National Health Commission said on May 9.

Apart from Shanghai, six other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 33 in Beijing and 28 in Guangdong.

Shanghai also reported 3,625 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections on May 8, out of a total of 3,859 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.

Following the recovery of 849 COVID-19 patients on May 8, there were 8,736 confirmed COVID-19 cases receiving treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.

May 8 saw 11 deaths from COVID-19, all in Shanghai.