Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases

BEIJING - No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Friday.

Twenty-five confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported Thursday, the commission said in its daily report.

No new suspected cases or deaths related to the disease were reported Thursday, the commission said.

Of the imported cases, 13 were reported in Guangdong, five in Shanghai, two each in Guangxi and Shaanxi, and one each in Tianjin, Fujian and Sichuan, the commission said.

On Thursday, a total of 12 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said.

By the end of Thursday, a total of 2,553 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,364 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 189 remained hospitalized, with three in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

As of Thursday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 85,102, including 205 patients who were still being treated, with three in severe condition.

Altogether 80,263 people had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.

There were no suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland, it added.

According to the commission, 7,610 close contacts were still under medical observation after 477 were discharged on Thursday.