BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on July 12 reported 57 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 16 in Guangdong and eight in Gansu, the National Health Commission said on July 13.

Altogether 204 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 11 provincial-level regions.

A total of 76 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on July 12, said the commission.

The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 220,601 on the Chinese mainland as of July 12.

July 12 saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.