People wearing face masks ride an escalator at a shopping and office complex in Beijing, capital of China, Oct 20, 2020. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP)

BEIJING - No new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections were reported Tuesday across the Chinese mainland while 11 fresh imported cases were posted, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

Of the new cases, three each were reported in Guangdong and Sichuan, two each in Shanghai and Henan, and one in Fujian, the commission said in its daily report.

Of the new imported cases, three each were posted in Guangdong and Sichuan, two each in Shanghai and Henan, and one in Fujian, the National Health Commission said

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

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Another 22 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said, adding that there were 247 patients still under treatment, three of whom were in severe condition.

By the end of Tuesday, a total of 3,153 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,918 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 235 remained hospitalized. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

So far, a total of 85,715 confirmed cases have been reported on the mainland as of Tuesday, including 80,834 recoveries and 4,634 deaths, the commission said.

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There were currently five suspected cases on the mainland, said the commission, adding that 8,557 close contacts were under medical observation.

There were 15 newly reported asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, according to the commission. On the same day, three asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

A total of 403 asymptomatic cases were under medical observation, with all but one arriving from outside the mainland, according to the commission.

By the end of Tuesday, 5,261 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 105 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases in the Macao SAR, and 543 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 4,996 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 495 in Taiwan.