BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported 1,860 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections over the past day, down from 3,507 on March 14, the National Health Commission said on March 16.

Of the local cases reported on March 15, 1,456 were in the northeastern province of Jilin, 75 in East China's Shandong province, 59 in the southern province of Guangdong, and 51 in Tianjin Municipality that neighbors Beijing.

Over a dozen other provincial-level regions also saw new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections, including Beijing, the capital, with nine cases.

Besides, a total of 92 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the Chinese mainland, compared with 95 the previous day.

Following the recovery of 156 patients on March 15, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases currently undergoing treatment stood at 13,780.

There have been no new COVID-19 deaths and the death toll has remained unchanged at 4,636.

1,952 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on March 15 included some who were previously categorized as asymptomatic cases. Across the mainland, March 15 saw 1,338 new asymptomatic cases.