Pedestrians walk along a street in central Beijing on March 10, 2021. (WANG ZHAO / AFP)

BEIJING - The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Ten new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on Saturday, said the commission in its daily report.

One new suspected case arriving from outside the mainland was reported in Shanghai, and no new deaths related to the disease were reported, it added.

One new suspected case arriving from outside the mainland was reported in Shanghai, and no new deaths related to the disease were reported

On Saturday, 11 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery.

By the end of Saturday, a total of 5,141 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,962 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 179 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,044 by Saturday, including 183 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 85,225 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the disease.

There was one suspected COVID-19 case on the mainland on Saturday, and 4,596 close contacts remained under medical observation.

Saturday also saw 10 asymptomatic cases newly reported, all arriving from outside the mainland. On the same day, no asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

A total of 262 asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were under medical observation. 

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By the end of Saturday, 11,257 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 203 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 48 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 984 cases, including 10 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 10,739 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 47 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 942 had been discharged in Taiwan.