A child and woman wearing face masks are reflected in the glass wall of a shopping district in Beijing, capital of China, Oct 4, 2020. (NG HAN GUAN / AP)

BEIJING - No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Saturday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

A total of 21 confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported, the commission said in its daily report.

Five new suspected cases, all imported, were added, while no new deaths related to the disease were reported, according to the report.

Of the new imported cases, 10 were reported in Shanghai, six in Guangdong, three in Sichuan, and one each in Liaoning and Fujian

Of the new imported cases, 10 were reported in Shanghai, six in Guangdong, three in Sichuan, and one each in Liaoning and Fujian.

On Saturday, nine COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland, said the report.

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By the end of Saturday, a total of 3,008 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,790 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 218 remained hospitalized, with no one in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

As of Saturday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 85,557, including the 218 patients still being treated.

Altogether 80,705 patients had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.

There were nine suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland, while 7,906 close contacts were still under medical observation after 864 were discharged Saturday, according to the commission.

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Also on Saturday, 23 new asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were reported, and two asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

The commission said 381 asymptomatic cases, including 379 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By Saturday, 5,175 confirmed cases, including 105 deaths, had been reported in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases in Macao SAR, and 527 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 4,914 COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong SAR, 46 in Macao SAR and 488 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery. 

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