Published: 10:19, April 13, 2020 | Updated: 04:52, June 6, 2023
Mainland reports 108 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
By Xinhua

Customs workers check an inbound passenger's health information card in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, on April 3, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 108 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, of which 98 were imported.

Ten new domestically transmitted cases were reported, including seven in Heilongjiang province and three in Guangdong province, the National Health Commission said in a daily report.

According to the commission, 88 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery Sunday, while the number of severe cases decreased by 18 to 121

Two deaths, all in Hubei province, and six new suspected cases, all imported ones, were reported Sunday on the mainland.

According to the commission, 88 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery Sunday, while the number of severe cases decreased by 18 to 121.

As of Sunday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,378 imported cases. Of them, 511 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 867 were being treated with 38 in severe condition, said the commission.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,160 by Sunday, including 1,156 patients who were still being treated, 77,663 people who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,341 people who died of the disease.

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The commission said that 72 people were suspected to be infected with imported infections.

It added that 9,655 close contacts were still under medical observation. On Sunday, 1,092 people were discharged from medical observation.

Also on Sunday, 61 new asymptomatic cases, including 12 from abroad, were reported on the mainland. A total of 28 asymptomatic cases, all imported, were re-categorized as confirmed cases, and 55 were discharged from medical observation including nine imported cases, according to the commission.

The commission said 1,064 asymptomatic people, including 307 from abroad, were still under medical observation.

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By Sunday, 1,004 confirmed cases, including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 45 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 388 in Taiwan with six deaths. A total of 360 patients in Hong Kong, 13 in Macao and 109 in Taiwan had been discharged after recovery.