Chinese mainland reports 73 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 92 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 73 locally transmitted and 19 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Of the locally transmitted cases, 63 were reported in Jilin, nine in Heilongjiang, and one in Hebei, the commission said in its daily report.

No suspected case was reported.

No deaths related to the disease were reported on Saturday, said the commission.

By the end of Saturday, the mainland had reported 4,708 imported COVID-19 cases in total. Among them, 4,399 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 309 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 89,522, including 1,668 patients still receiving treatment, of whom 76 were in severe conditions.

A total of 83,218 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the disease, according to the commission.

There were two suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland Saturday, and 38,895 close contacts remained under medical observation.

Saturday saw 19 asymptomatic cases newly reported on the mainland, of which 14 arrived from outside the mainland. On the same day, 58 asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

There were 910 asymptomatic cases still under medical observation, of which 296 arrived from outside the mainland.