BEIJING - The Chinese mainland Friday reported 128 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 42 in Gansu and 35 in Guangxi, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

Altogether 594 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in 11 provincial-level regions on Friday.

A total of 97 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Friday, said the commission.

The total number of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals after recovery reached 221,542 on the Chinese mainland as of Friday.

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