BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on March 12 reported 1,807 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on March 13.
Of the new local infections, 1,412 were reported in Jilin, 175 in Shandong, 62 in Guangdong, 39 in Shaanxi, 33 in Hebei, 23 in Jiangsu, and 17 in Tianjin. The rest of the cases were reported in 12 other provincial-level regions, the commission said in its daily report.
A total of 131 imported COVID-19 cases were reported on March 12, said the commission.
No new suspected cases or deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day.
A total of 1,455 asymptomatic cases were reported on March 12, including 140 arriving from outside the mainland, according to the commission.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on the mainland, both local and imported, had risen to 115,466 by March 12.
There were 7,230 patients still under treatment on March 12, of whom six were in severe condition. A total of 4,636 patients had died of the virus on the mainland since the outbreak of the disease.