国内英语新闻:Chinese mainland reports no increase in domestic COVID-19 cases

BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- No new domestically transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported on the Chinese mainland on Monday, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.

All of 32 new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported on Monday were from overseas, bringing the total number of imported cases to 983, the commission said in its daily report.

No death was reported Monday, and 12 new suspected cases, all imported ones, were reported on the mainland, according to the commission.

Monday also saw 89 people being discharged from hospitals after recovery, and the number of severe cases decreased by 54 to 211.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,740 by Monday, including 1,242 patients who were still being treated, 77,167 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,331 people who died of the disease.

The commission said that 89 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus, and 14,499 close contacts were still under medical observation. On Monday, 2,365 people were discharged from medical observation.

A total of 30 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland on Monday, including nine imported ones. Two asymptomatic cases, all imported ones, were re-categorized as confirmed infections, and 42 were discharged from medical observation, according to the commission.

The commission said 1,033 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation, including 275 from abroad.

By Monday, 914 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 44 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 373 in Taiwan including five deaths.

A total of 216 patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macao and 57 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.