Chinese mainland reports 49 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
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Chinese health authority said Monday that it received reports of 49 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, including 35 imported cases and 14 locally-transmitted ones.
All the 14 locally-transmitted cases were reported in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
One new suspected COVID-19 case, which was imported from outside the mainland, was reported in Shanghai Municipality.
No deaths related to the disease were reported Sunday.
A total of 64 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on Sunday, the commission said.
By the end of Sunday, a total of 2,169 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,037 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 132 remained hospitalized, with one in serious condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.
As of Sunday, the overall confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 84,668, including 802 patients who were still being treated, with 41 in severe conditions.
Altogether 79,232 people had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.
There were still seven suspected COVID-19 cases, it added.
According to the commission, 2,305 close contacts were discharged from medical observation on Sunday, and there were 24,055 close contacts still under medical observation.
Also on Sunday, 31 new asymptomatic cases, including 24 from outside the mainland, were reported, and three asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed ones.
The commission said 283 asymptomatic cases, including 136 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.
By Sunday, 4,079 confirmed cases, including 52 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 477 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.
A total of 2,847 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 441 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.
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