BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on July 29 reported 49 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 19 in Gansu and 15 in Guangxi, the National Health Commission said on July 30.

Altogether 271 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in nine provincial-level regions.

A total of 99 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on July 29, said the commission in its report.

The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 222,413 on the Chinese mainland as of July 29.

July 29 saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,226.