BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on May 31 reported 22 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 14 in Beijing and five in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report on June 1.

A total of 46 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified, including 10 in Shanghai, eight in Hebei, seven each in Jilin and Shandong, four in Liaoning, three in Sichuan, and one each in other seven provincial-level regions.

With 247 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery, there were 2,296 patients still receiving treatment on the Chinese mainland on May 31.

May 31 saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the mainland's total COVID-19 deaths at 5,226.