BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on June 30 reported 12 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, nine of which were in Anhui province, the National Health Commission said on July 1.

Two cases were reported in Shandong province and one in Jiangsu province, the commission said.

A total of 151 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified on June 30 in 10 provincial-level regions, including 98 in Anhui, 25 in Jiangsu and 11 in Shandong.

Altogether 43 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on June 30, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients discharged to 220,023 on the Chinese mainland as of June 30.

June 30 saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll standing at 5,226.