A medical worker checks the body for a resident at a community in Weiyang District, Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 5, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

The Chinese mainland registered 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, all of which were imported cases, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.

Of the imported cases, three each were reported in Tianjin and Guangdong, two in Shaanxi and one each in Shanghai and Sichuan.

Also on Friday, 23 asymptomatic cases were reported on the mainland, all imported. And a total of 256 asymptomatic patients were under medical observation.

There were 173 active cases as of Friday. No deaths related to the disease were reported, while 15 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.

The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland stood at 89,962 and the cumulative death toll was 4,636 as of Friday.