Chinese mainland reports 2 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

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

Also newly reported were 23 imported cases, of which seven were reported in Fujian, five each in Guangdong and Sichuan, four in Zhejiang, and one each in Inner Mongolia and Shanghai.

No new suspected cases and no new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Monday.

A total of 6,437 imported cases had been reported on the mainland by the end of Monday. Among them, 6,063 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 374 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 91,629 by Monday, including 512 patients still receiving treatment, 17 of whom were in severe condition.

A total of 86,481 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

There was one suspected COVID-19 case on the mainland on Monday.

A total of 27 asymptomatic cases were newly reported, all from outside the mainland. There were 465 asymptomatic cases, including 444 arriving from outside the mainland, under medical observation by Monday.

By the end of Monday, 11,889 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 210 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while 53 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 14,080 cases, including 569 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 11,616 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, while 51 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 7,534 had been discharged in Taiwan.