Women wearing face masks take selfies near a decoration dedicated to the frontline workers who fought the COVID-19 outbreak in China. In Beijing, capital of China, on Sept 28, 2020. (NG HAN GUAN / AP)

BEIJING - No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Monday across the Chinese mainland while 12 new imported cases were posted, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.

Of the new imported cases, five were reported in Shanghai, three each in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and one in Fujian, the National Health Commission said

Of the new imported cases, five were reported in Shanghai, three each in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and one in Fujian, the commission said in its daily report.

One new suspected case from outside the mainland was posted in Shanghai, while no additional deaths related to the disease were reported, the commission said.

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Another 13 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said, adding that there were 184 others still being treated.

By the end of Monday, a total of 2,835 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,651 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 184 remained hospitalized, with two in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

So far, a total of 85,384 confirmed cases had been reported on the mainland, including 80,566 recoveries and 4,634 deaths, the commission said.

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There was one suspected case on the mainland, while 7,729 close contacts were still under medical observation after 254 were released from observation, according to the commission.

Twenty-six new asymptomatic cases, all from outside the mainland, were reported, and two asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

According to the commission, 376 asymptomatic cases, including 374 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By the end of Monday, 5,075 confirmed cases, including 105 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), together with 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR and 513 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 4,790 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 482 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.