Volunteers and staff members wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) against the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus carry foods and daily necessities as they prepare to deliver for residents at a restricted residental area due to the virus in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on Aug 6, 2021. (PHOTO / STR / AFP)
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 75 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 53 in Jiangsu province, nine each in Hubei and Hunan, and four in Henan, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Saturday.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 93,605
Also reported were 32 new imported cases, including 11 in Yunnan, nine in Shanghai, five in Tianjin, three in Guangdong, two in Sichuan and one each in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
One new suspected case was reported in Shandong, the commission added.
No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported Friday.
A total of 7,628 imported cases had been reported on the mainland by the end of Friday. Among them, 6,903 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 725 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 93,605 by Friday, including 1,444 patients still receiving treatment, 39 of whom were in severe conditions.
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A total of 87,525 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.
There was one suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Friday.
A total of 32 asymptomatic cases were newly reported. There were a total of 571 asymptomatic cases, of whom 388 were imported, under medical observation by Friday.
By the end of Friday, 12,004 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 212 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while 63 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 15,765 cases, including 794 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.
A total of 11,724 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, while 57 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 13,018 had been discharged in Taiwan.
Nearly 1.76 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in the Chinese mainland by Friday, the National Health Commission said Saturday.