People register before getting vaccinated against COVID-19 on a mobile vaccination bus outside a residential area in Beijing on April 27, 2021. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported nine new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.
Of the new cases, two each were reported in Shanghai and Guangdong, and one each in Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Sichuan and Shaanxi, according to the commission.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,808 by Wednesday, including 85,881 recoveries and 4,636 deaths, according to the National Health Commission
No new suspected cases or deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Wednesday, it added.
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A total of 5,810 imported cases had been reported on the mainland by the end of Wednesday. Among them, 5,541 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 269 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,808 by Wednesday, including 85,881 recoveries and 4,636 deaths, according to the commission.
There were 291 patients still receiving treatment, including one in severe condition.
Also on Wednesday, 14 new asymptomatic cases were reported, all of which were imported. There were a total of 317 asymptomatic cases, of whom 311 were imported, under medical observation.
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By the end of Wednesday, 11,814 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 210 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while 49 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 1,231 cases, including 12 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.
A total of 11,505 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, 49 in the Macao SAR, and 1,097 in Taiwan.
More than 354.27 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Wednesday, the commission said.