BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported 1,540 new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on April 7, the National Health Commission said on April 8.

Of the local confirmed cases reported on April 7, 824 were in Shanghai, 617 in Jilin, 20 in Fujian, and 13 in Jiangsu. The rest were reported in 16 provincial-level regions.

Besides, a total of 36 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the mainland.

April 7 also saw 22,648 new asymptomatic carriers on the Chinese mainland, including 22,561 local ones and 87 imported ones, said the commission.

Among the asymptomatic carriers, 20,398 were reported in Shanghai and 1,649 in Jilin.