Staff members conduct nucleic acid testing at a novel coronavirus detection lab in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, Feb 22, 2020. (CHENG MIN / XINHUA)

BEIJING – Chinese health authority said Sunday that it received report of 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, including two imported ones, on the Chinese mainland the day before. 

Twelve cases were domestically transmitted, with 11 reported in Jilin province and the other one in Hubei province, the National Health Commission said in a daily report. 

Both the imported cases were reported in Shanghai.  

As of Saturday, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,901, including 148 patients who were still being treated, and 78,120 people who had been discharged after recovery

One new suspected case imported from abroad was reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. 

No deaths were reported Saturday on the mainland, according to the commission. 

On Saturday, 74 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by two to 13. 

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As of Saturday, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,901, including 148 patients who were still being treated, and 78,120 people who had been discharged after recovery. 

Altogether 4,633 people had died of the disease, the commission said. 

By Saturday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,683 imported cases. Of the cases, 1,568 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 115 remained hospitalized with three in severe conditions. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported. 

The commission said four people, all from overseas, were still suspected of being infected with the virus. 

According to the commission, 5,840 close contacts were still under medical observation after 427 people were discharged from medical observation Saturday. 

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Also on Saturday, 20 new asymptomatic cases were reported on the mainland. One case was re-categorized as a confirmed case, and 61 asymptomatic cases, including 16 from overseas, were discharged from medical observation, according to the commission. 

The commission said 794 asymptomatic cases, including 48 from overseas, were still under medical observation. 

By Saturday, 1,044 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 45 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 440 in Taiwan including six deaths. 

Total 967 patients in Hong Kong, 40 in Macao, and 361 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.