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BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) – The Chinese health authority said on Tuesday that no new cases of nationally transmitted COVID-19 were reported in mainland China on Monday.
An imported case was reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
Also on Monday, a new suspected case imported from abroad was reported in Shanghai.
No disease-related deaths were reported, according to the commission.
On Monday, 27 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery, while the number of serious cases increased from one to 10.
As of Monday, the total number of confirmed cases on the continent had reached 82,919, including 115 patients who were still being treated and 78,171 people who had been discharged after recovery.
In all, 4,633 people died from the disease, the commission said.
By Monday, the continent had reported a total of 1,691 imported cases. Of the cases, 1,611 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 80 remained hospitalized with three in serious condition. No deaths have been reported from imported cases.
The commission said three people, all from abroad, were still suspected of being infected with the virus.
According to the commission, 5,470 close contacts were still under medical observation after 503 people were expelled from medical observation on Monday.
Also on Monday, 15 new asymptomatic cases were reported on the continent. According to the commission, the cases were not reclassified as confirmed cases, and 35 asymptomatic cases, including six from abroad, were discharged from medical observation.
The commission said 760 asymptomatic cases, including 38 from abroad, were still under medical observation.
As of Monday, 1,047 confirmed cases had been reported, including four deaths in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 45 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 440 in Taiwan, including seven deaths.
A total of 985 patients in Hong Kong, 42 in Macao and 368 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery. Final product
