A man wearing a face mask looks at children's wear at the Shanghai International Baby Photo Expo 2020, in Shanghai, China, on July 8, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese health authorities said Thursday that it received reports of nine new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, adding that all of them were imported.

Liaoning and Shanghai each reported three cases while Guangdong saw two cases and Sichuan reported one, the National Health Commission said.

No deaths related to COVID-19 or new suspected cases were reported Wednesday, the commission said.

Liaoning and Shanghai each reported three cases while Guangdong saw two cases and Sichuan reported one, the National Health Commission said

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There were 357 patients still being treated, including five in severe conditions, while 42 people were discharged from hospitals, according to the commissino.

As of Wednesday, a total of 83,581 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, of which 4,634 had died of the disease.

Altogether, 78,590 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals by Wednesday.

By Wednesday, a total of 1,958 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Out of those cases, 1,884 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 74 remained hospitalized, with no one in severe condition, the commission said. No deaths had been reported from imported cases.

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The commission said five people, including two from outside the mainland, were still suspected of being infected with the virus.

According to the commission, 3,840 close contacts were still under medical observation after 706 people were released from medical observation Wednesday.

Also on Wednesday, six new asymptomatic cases, including five from outside the mainland, were reported and one asymptomatic case was re-categorized as a confirmed case.

The commission said 112 asymptomatic cases, including 79 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By Wednesday, 1,323 confirmed cases, including seven deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 449 in Taiwan, including seven deaths.

A total of 1,167 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 45 in the Macao SAR, and 438 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.