Chinese health authority said Saturday that it received reports of 27 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland Friday, of which 17 were imported, reports Xinhua. The other 10 new cases were domestically transmitted, the National Health Commission said in a daily report, noting that seven cases were reported in Heilongjiang Province, two in Guangdong Province and one in Sichuan Province. No death was reported Friday on the mainland.
Five new suspected cases, all imported ones, were also reported, with three in Shanghai and two in Heilongjiang Province. According to the commission, 50 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery Friday, while the number of severe cases decreased by 4 to 85. As of Friday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,566 imported cases. Of the cases, 709 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 857 were being treated with 47 in severe condition, said the commission.
No death from the imported cases had been reported, it added. The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,719 by Friday, including 1,058 patients who were still being treated, 77,029 people who had been discharged after recovery, and 4,632 people who died of the disease, the commission said.
