Residents queue up for the nucleic acid test in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province, Dec 23, 2021. (LIU XIAO/XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 158 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.

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Of the new local cases, 157 were reported in Shaanxi and one in Guangxi, the commission said.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 101,077 by Saturday, including 2,011 patients still receiving treatment

Also reported were 48 new imported cases in 10 provincial-level regions, according to the commission.

No new suspected cases and new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the day, it added.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 101,077 by Saturday, including 2,011 patients still receiving treatment, of whom nine were in severe conditions.

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A total of 94,430 patients had been discharged from hospitals on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

A total of 29 asymptomatic cases were newly reported Saturday, 28 of whom arrived from outside the mainland.