Published: 11:11, September 14, 2021 | Updated: 16:00, September 14, 2021
Mainland sees 59 new local COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian
By Xinhua

Residents wait to take COVID-19 nucleic acid tests in Xianyou county, Putian, east China's Fujian province, on Sept 12, 2021. (WEI PEIQUAN / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 59 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.

Also reported were 33 new imported cases, including 14 in Yunnan, eight in Guangdong, six in Shanghai, two in Sichuan, and one each in Beijing, Fujian and Shandong.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 95,340 by Monday, including 89,894 recoveries. The death toll remained unchanged at 4,636

No new suspected cases or deaths related to COVID-19 were reported, the commission said.

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There were 810 patients still receiving treatment, four of whom were in severe conditions, it said.

By the end of Monday, a total of 8,678 imported cases had been reported on the mainland with no deaths.

Overall, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 95,340 by Monday, including 89,894 recoveries. The death toll remained unchanged at 4,636.

Also on Monday, 20 new asymptomatic cases were reported, 19 of whom arrived from outside the mainland and one was a local case. There were a total of 401 asymptomatic cases, of whom 362 were imported, under medical observation.

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By the end of Monday, 12,146 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 213 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 63 cases in the Macao SAR, and 16,093 cases, including 839 deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 11,850 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, 63 in the Macao SAR, and 13,742 in Taiwan.  

More than 2.15 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered on the mainland as of Monday, the commission said.