People line up to take COVID-19 tests at a designated site in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, on Oct 14, 2020. (LI ZIHENG / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese health authorities said Thursday that it received reports of 11 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, including one that was transmitted domestically and 10 imported infections.

The domestic case was an asymptomatic case in Qingdao, Shandong province, that was re-categorized as a confirmed case, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

There were 10 new imported cases posted on the mainland, of which four were posted in Guangdong, three in Shanghai, two in Shaanxi, and one in Hebei, according to the National Health Commission

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Of the new imported cases, four were posted in Guangdong, three in Shanghai, two in Shaanxi, and one in Hebei, according to the commission.

Two new suspected cases from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai, the commission said.

No additional deaths related to the disease were reported.

Twelve more patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said, adding that there were 240 patients still being treated, with four in severe condition.

By the end of Wednesday, a total of 3,060 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,833 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 227 others remained hospitalized. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

So far, a total of 85,622 confirmed cases had been reported on the mainland, including 80,748 recoveries and 4,634 deaths, the commission said.

There were seven suspected cases on the mainland, according to the commission, while 8,571 close contacts were still under medical observation after 865 were released from observation.

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According to the commission, 385 asymptomatic cases, including 384 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By Wednesday, 5,201 confirmed cases, including 105 deaths, had been reported in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases reported in Macao SAR, and 530 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 4,932 COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong SAR, 46 in Macao SAR and 491 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.