Residents line up for their COVID-19 throat swab test inside a hospital compound in Beijing, Dec 15, 2022. (ANDY WONG / AP)

BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 2,656 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
A total of 2,017 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland on Monday, said the commission in its daily report.

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Monday saw five new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,242.