Tourists wearing face masks visit the popular Nanluogu alley area in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct 8, 2020, the last day of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. (NG HAN GUAN / AP)

BEIJING - No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the Chinese mainland while 21 new imported cases were posted, the National Health Commission said Friday.

Of the new imported cases, 10 were reported in Shaanxi, six in Shanghai, three in Guangdong, and two in Liaoning, the commission said in its daily report.

Of the new imported cases, 10 were reported in Shaanxi, six in Shanghai, three in Guangdong, and two in Liaoning, the National Health Commission said

No new suspected cases or additional deaths related to the disease were reported, the commission added.

Another 15 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said, adding that there were 206 patients still being treated.

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By the end of Thursday, a total of 2,972 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,766 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 206 remained hospitalized, with one in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

So far, a total of 85,521 confirmed cases had been reported on the mainland, including 80,681 recoveries and 4,634 deaths, the commission said.

There were five suspected cases on the mainland, according to the commission, while 7,924 close contacts were still under medical observation after 1,123 were released from observation.

Fifteen new asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were reported, and no asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

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According to the commission, 357 asymptomatic cases, including 355 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By Thursday, 5,161 confirmed cases, including 105 deaths, had been reported in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases in Macao SAR, and 524 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 4,890 COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong SAR, 46 in Macao SAR and 487 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.