BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on May 4 reported 360 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 261 were in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission's report on May 5.

Apart from Shanghai, 12 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local COVID-19 cases, including 42 in Beijing and 14 in Henan.

Shanghai also reported 4,390 locally transmitted asymptomatic infections on May 4, out of a total of 4,678 local asymptomatic carriers newly identified on the mainland.

Following the recovery of 2,215 COVID-19 patients on May 4, there were 12,755 confirmed COVID-19 cases undergoing treatment in hospitals across the Chinese mainland.

May 4 saw 13 deaths from COVID-19, all in Shanghai, bringing the mainland's total COVID-19 deaths to 5,141 since the pandemic began more than two years ago.