A medical worker collects a swab sample from a resident for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, Aug 3, 2021. (WU ZHIZUN / XINHUA)
BEIJING - The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 71 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
Of the new cases, 35 were reported in Jiangsu, 15 in Hunan, nine in Hubei, six in Shandong, three in Yunnan, two in Henan, and one in Fujian, according to the commission.
The mainland on Tuesday also reported 25 new imported cases, the National Health Commission said
Meanwhile, the mainland also saw 25 new imported cases, seven of which were posted in Yunnan, four in Fujian, three in Jiangsu, two each in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guangdong, and one each in Tianjin, Shanxi, Liaoning, Henan and Sichuan.
Two new suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai, the commission said.
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No additional deaths related to COVID-19 were reported, it added.
There were 1,240 patients still receiving treatment, 21 of whom were in severe condition, the commission said.
By the end of Tuesday, a total of 7,529 imported cases had been reported with no deaths.
Overall, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 93,289, including 87,413 recoveries. The toll remains unchanged at 4,636.
On the same day, 27 new asymptomatic cases were reported, the commission said. There were a total of 485 asymptomatic cases, of which 367 were imported, under medical observation.
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By the end of Tuesday, 11,994 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 212 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 63 cases in the Macao SAR, and 15,721 cases, including 791 deaths, in Taiwan.
A total of 11,719 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, 54 in the Macao SAR, and 12,929 in Taiwan.
