国内英语新闻:Chinese mainland excluding Hubei reports 7 new COVID-19 cases

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland reported seven new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday outside Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak, according to the National Health Commission Thursday.

Of them, six cases, including three in Guangdong, two in Gansu and one in Henan, were imported from outside the Chinese mainland. The total number of imported COVID-19 cases on the mainland rose to 85 as of the end of Wednesday, showed the figures.

The commission said it received reports of 15 new confirmed cases on Wednesday on the mainland, including eight from Hubei that were all from the provincial capital Wuhan.

China's capital Beijing on Wednesday reported no new confirmed cases and five new suspected cases, of which four were imported from foreign countries, including two from Italy, one from Britain and Spain each, according to figures from Beijing Municipal Health Commission.

As of the end of Wednesday, a total of 435 confirmed cases had been reported in Beijing. Of them, 334 have been discharged from hospital after recovery and eight have died.