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BEIJING: The Chinese health authority said on Sunday (May 10) that it received the report of 14 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in mainland China on Saturday, of which two were reported imported cases in Shanghai.
Twelve cases were transmitted nationwide, with 11 reported in Jilin province and the other in Hubei province, the National Health Commission said in a daily report.
A 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 serious cases decreased by two to 13.
As of Saturday, the total number of confirmed cases on the continent had reached 82,901, including 148 patients who were still being treated and 78,120 people who had been discharged after recovery.
In all, 4,633 people died from the disease, the commission said.
By Saturday, the continent 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 serious condition. No deaths have been reported from imported cases.
The commission said four people, all from abroad, 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 expelled from medical observation on Saturday.
Also on Saturday, 20 new asymptomatic cases were reported on the continent. One case was re-categorized as a confirmed case, and 61 asymptomatic cases, including 16 from abroad, were discharged for medical observation, according to the commission.
The commission said 794 asymptomatic cases, including 48 from abroad, were still under medical observation.
As of 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.
A total of 967 patients in Hong Kong, 40 in Macao and 361 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery. – Xinhua / Asian News Network
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