Residents line up for COVID test at a booth in Shanghai on Dec 16, 2022. (ANDREW BRAUN / AP)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 2,229 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

A total of 2,649 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Friday, said the commission in its daily report.

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Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,235.