A man and a child with face masks ride a bicycle in Beijing, China, Aug 24, 2020. (ANDY WONG / AP)
BEIJING - No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Monday on the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
A total of 14 newly confirmed imported cases were reported, of which four were posted in Sichuan, three in Guangdong, two each in Shanghai and Shaanxi and one each in Tianjin, Hebei and Liaoning, the commission said in its daily report.
Four of the new imported cases were posted in Sichuan, three in Guangdong, two each in Shanghai and Shaanxi and one each in Tianjin, Hebei and Liaoning, the National Health Commission said
No new suspected cases nor additional deaths related to the disease were reported, it added.
Another 36 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said, adding that 386 patients were still being treated, with 10 in severe condition.
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By the end of Monday, a total of 2,432 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,213 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 219 remained hospitalized, with three in severe condition. No deaths from imported cases had been reported.
So far, the mainland had reported a total of 84,981 confirmed cases, including 79,961 recoveries and 4,634 deaths, the commission said.
There were two suspected cases left on the mainland, it added.
According to the commission, 12,370 close contacts were still under medical observation after 1,294 were released from observation.
Sixteen new asymptomatic cases, all from outside the mainland, were reported, the commission said. It added that 374 asymptomatic cases, including 315 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.
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By Monday, 4,691 confirmed cases, including 77 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), together with 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR and 487 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.
A total of 4,052 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 457 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.