A staff member takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Oct 30, 2021. (ZHANG TAO / XINHUA)

BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday registered 109 new COVID-19 cases, 93 of which are locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. 

Of the new local cases, 35 were reported in the province of Heilongjiang, 14 each in Hebei and Gansu, nine in Beijing, six in Inner Mongolia, four each in Chongqing and Qinghai, two each in Jiangxi, Yunnan and Ningxia, and one in Sichuan, the commission said in its daily report. 

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Tuesday also saw 16 new imported cases, including three previously reported asymptomatic carriers, it said. 

Total confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 97,423 by Tuesday, including 1,000 patients still receiving treatment

One new suspected case arriving from outside the mainland was reported in Shanghai. 

No new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday, the commission added. 

Total 9,670 imported cases had been reported on the mainland by the end of Tuesday. Among them, 9,293 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 377 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases. 

Total confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 97,423 by Tuesday, including 1,000 patients still receiving treatment. Among them, 37 were in severe condition. 

Total 91,787 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the infection. 

Meanwhile, total 19 asymptomatic cases were newly reported, including eight from outside the mainland. There were a total of 384 asymptomatic cases, of which 335 were imported, under medical observation as of Tuesday, said the commission. 

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By the end of Tuesday, 12,349 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 213 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, while 77 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 16,421 cases, including 847 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan. 

Total 12,034 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from Hong Kong hospitals following recovery, while 75 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 13,742 had been discharged in Taiwan.