Chinese mainland reports 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

BEIJING -- Chinese health authority said Friday that it received reports of 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Thursday, of which one was domestically transmitted.

The domestically transmitted case was reported in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

No deaths related to the disease were reported Thursday, according to the commission.

The Chinese mainland reported nine new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,998, the National Health Commission said Friday.

Four of the new imported cases were reported in Guangdong province, while Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangxi and Shaanxi each saw one imported case, the commission said.

Among all the imported cases, 1,912 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 86 remained hospitalized, with three in severe condition, the commission said.

No deaths had been reported from the imported cases.

The commission said that 18 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Thursday.

There were 251 patients still being treated, including three in severe condition, the commission said.

Altogether 78,737 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals by Thursday, the report said.

As of Thursday, a total of 83,622 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, among whom 4,634 died of the disease.