People wearing face masks visit the China Machine Tool Exhibition at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Shanghai, east China, July 1, 2020. (FANG ZHE / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese health authorities said Thursday that it received reports of three newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, of which one was transmitted domestically while the other two were imported.

The domestic case was reported in Beijing, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

One of the two imported cases was reported in Shanghai while the other was reported in Guangdong province, the commission said.

One of the two imported cases was reported in Shanghai while the other was reported in Guangdong province, the National Health Commission said

No deaths related to COVID-19 were reported Wednesday, according to the commission.

On Wednesday, eight people were discharged from hospitals after recovery, and no new suspected cases were reported on the mainland. 

As of Wednesday, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 83,537, including 416 patients who were still being treated, with seven in severe conditions.

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Altogether, 78,487 people had been discharged after recovery and 4,634 people had died of the disease, the commission said.

From June 11 to July 1, Beijing has reported 329 confirmed locally transmitted cases, of which 325 were still hospitalized, according to the municipal commission, adding that there were still 28 asymptomatic cases under medical observation.

By Tuesday, a total of 1,920 imported had been reported on the mainland. Out of those cases, 1,845 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 75 remained hospitalized, with no one in severe condition. No deaths from imported cases had been reported.

The National Health Commission said five people, including one from overseas, were still suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus.

According to the commission, 5,910 close contacts were still under medical observation after 754 people were released from medical observation Wednesday.

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Two new asymptomatic cases were reported on the mainland, both in Beijing, on Wednesday, the commission said. No asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed ones Wednesday.

The commission said 99 asymptomatic cases, including 60 imported from abroad, were still under medical observation.

By Wednesday, 1,233 confirmed cases, including seven deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 447 in Taiwan, including seven deaths.

A total of 1,117 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 45 in the Macao SAR, and 438 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.