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Chinese mainland reports no new confirmed COVID-19 cases
Chinese health authority said on Saturday that it saw no new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Chinese mainland on Friday.
Beijing: Chinese health authority said on Saturday that it saw no new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Chinese mainland on Friday.
No deaths related to the disease were reported on Friday, according to the National Health Commission, adding that it received reports of two new suspected cases, Xinhua reported.
One suspected case was imported and reported in Shanghai and the other was domestically transmitted in Jilin Province, the commission's daily report said.
On Friday, three patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, while the number of severe cases stood at nine.
As of Friday, a total of 82,971 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, and 4,634 people had died of the disease.
Altogether 78,258 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals by the end of Friday, the commission said, adding that there were 79 patients still being treated.
With no new cases reported on Friday, the mainland's reports of imported cases remained 1,711. Of the cases, 1,670 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 41 remained hospitalized with two in severe conditions. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.
Six people were suspected of being infected with the virus, the commission said, noting that five of the cases were imported from overseas.
The commission added that 5,085 close contacts were still under medical observation after 252 people were discharged from medical observation on Friday.
Also on Friday, 28 new asymptomatic cases were reported on the mainland. No cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases, and 23 asymptomatic cases were discharged from medical observation.
The commission said 370 asymptomatic cases, including 26 from overseas, were still under medical observation.
By Friday, 1,065 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 45 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 441 in Taiwan including seven deaths.
A total of 1,029 patients in Hong Kong, 45 in Macao, and 408 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.
