A woman measures blood pressure at a COVID-19 vaccination site of Jingcheng Hospital in Ruili City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 1, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING / KUNMING - The Ruili city in southwest China's Yunnan province has classified five areas as medium-risk for COVID-19 starting from 7 pm Thursday after new cases were reported, according to the city's epidemic prevention and control headquarters.

The city reported six new COVID-19 cases and 23 asymptomatic cases on Wednesday.

The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported four new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in southwest China's Yunnan province, the National Health Commission said Friday.
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The same day also saw five new imported cases on the mainland, the commission said in its daily report.

Five areas in Ruili city were classified as medium-risk for COVID-19 starting from 7 pm Thursday after new cases were reported in China's Yunnan province

Two suspected COVID-19 cases and no new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Thursday, according to the report.

Eight COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery on Thursday, according to the report.

By the end of Thursday, 5,305 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 5,136 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 169 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,226 by Thursday, including 188 patients still receiving treatment, two of whom were in severe condition.

As of Thursday, 85,402 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

There were five suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Thursday.

Thursday also saw 20 asymptomatic cases newly reported, including four in Yunnan and 16 arriving from outside the mainland. On the same day, no imported asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.
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A total of 295 asymptomatic cases were under medical observation on Thursday.

By the end of Thursday, 11,480 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 205 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while 48 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 1,036 cases, including 10 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 11,108 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, while 48 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 983 had been discharged in Taiwan.