BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on July 7 reported 47 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 17 each in Shanghai and Anhui, the National Health Commission said on July 8.

Altogether 331 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in nine provincial-level regions.

A total of 36 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on July 7, said the commission.

The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 220,301 on the Chinese mainland as of July 7.

July 7 saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.