Chinese mainland reports 19 imported COVID-19 cases
A "suspected COVID-19 patient" is transferred to a hospital during a drill in Xiajiang County, Jiangxi Province, on September 29, 2020.
No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
Nineteen imported COVID-19 cases were confirmed, the commission said in its daily report.
Two new suspected COVID-19 cases from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai, but no new deaths related to the disease were reported, the commission said.
On Tuesday, 12 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland.
By the end of Tuesday, a total of 2,854 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,663 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 191 remained hospitalized, with two in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.
As of Tuesday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 85,403, including the 191 patients still being treated.
Altogether 80,578 patients had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.
There were two suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland, while 7,610 close contacts were still under medical observation after 671 were discharged Tuesday, according to the commission.
