People wearing face masks rest on a bench on a commercial street in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, March 30, 2020. (SHEN BOHAN / XINHUA)

BEIJING/WUHAN - The confirmed cases of indigenously-transmitted COVID-19 on the Chinese mainland has decreased to under 1,500, with 510 patients suffering from severe symptoms, said Mi Feng, the spokesperson for the National Health Commission, on Tuesday.

The situation of epidemic prevention and control, which moves steadily in a positive direction, has been consolidated, Mi said at a press conference in Beijing, noting that the Chinese mainland reported no locally-transmitted confirmed cases or suspected cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

The commission said earlier on Tuesday it received reports of 48 new confirmed cases on the mainland on Monday, all of which were imported.

By the end of Monday, 771 imported cases had been reported, said the commission.

The National Health Commission said Tuesday it received reports of 48 new confirmed cases on the mainland on Monday, all of which were imported

Also on Monday, one death in Wuhan, provincial capital of Hubei province, and 44 new suspected cases, all imported, were reported on the mainland.

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No new confirmed cases were reported in Wuhan Monday, as also in Hubei, according to the commission.

As of Monday, Wuhan had seen zero increase in confirmed cases for seven consecutive days.

On Monday, 282 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by 105 to 528.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,518 by Monday, including 2,161 patients who were still being treated, 76,052 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,305 people who died of the disease.

The commission said that 183 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus, adding that 19,853 close contacts were still under medical observation. On Monday, 1,199 people were released from medical observation.

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Hubei has so far reported a total of 67,801 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 50,006 in Wuhan.

Hubei saw 271 patients discharged from hospital after recovery Monday. Among the 1,461 patients being treated in hospital, 350 were still in severe condition and another 147 in critical condition.

Mi said that the country would continue to reinforce curing patients with severe cases of COVID-19, as well as isolation and follow-up visits of patients discharged from hospital after recovery in the next stage.

By Monday, 682 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 39 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 306 in Taiwan including five deaths.

A total of 124 patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macao and 39 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.