A community worker (left) measures the body temperature of a resident at the entrance of the Hongcheng Huayuan residential compound on Wangquan street in Shunyi district, Beijing, on Dec 29, 2020. (REN CHAO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 24 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including seven locally transmitted cases and 17 imported ones, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

Five of the local cases were reported in northeast China's Liaoning province, and one each in Beijing and Heilongjiang, the commission said in its daily report.

Of the new imported cases, seven were posted in Shanghai, three in Tianjin, two each in Inner Mongolia and Fujian, and one each in Zhejiang, Shandong and Guangdong, the National Health Commission said

Of the new imported cases, seven were posted in Shanghai, three in Tianjin, two each in Inner Mongolia and Fujian, and one each in Zhejiang, Shandong and Guangdong, the commission said.

There were no new reports of suspected cases or deaths related to the disease, according to the commission.

It added that another 16 patients were discharged from hospitals following recovery.

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By the end of Tuesday, a total of 4,247 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 3,978 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 269 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 87,027 by Tuesday, including 356 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 82,037 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 4,634 had died as a result of the virus, according to the commission.

There were no suspected cases on the mainland on Tuesday, and 12,846 close contacts remained under medical observation.

Tuesday also saw 17 newly reported asymptomatic cases, including 10 that were imported, while four asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

A total of 269 asymptomatic cases were under medical observation, of whom 219 arrived from outside the mainland.

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By the end of Tuesday, 8,724 confirmed cases, including 143 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases in the Macao SAR, and 795 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 7,616 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 661 in Taiwan.