BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on May 11 reported 222 confirmed local COVID-19 cases, of which 144 were in Shanghai, the National Health Commission said on May 12.

Apart from Shanghai, seven other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 35 in Beijing and 21 in Henan.

Shanghai also reported 1,305 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections on May 11, out of a total of 1,630 such cases newly identified on the mainland.

Following the recovery of 571 COVID-19 patients who were discharged from hospital on May 11, there were 7,229 confirmed COVID-19 cases receiving treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.

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