Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on March 10, the National Health Commission said on March 11.
Eleven new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on March 10, said the commission in its daily report.
No new suspected cases or new deaths related to the disease were reported, it added.
On March 10, seven COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery.
By the end of March 10, a total of 5,115 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,939 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 176 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,018 by March 10, including 181 patients still receiving treatment.
A total of 85,201 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the disease.
There were two suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland on March 10, and 4,751 close contacts remained under medical observation.
March 10 also saw 10 asymptomatic cases newly reported, all arriving from outside the mainland. On the same day, one asymptomatic case was re-categorized as a confirmed case.
A total of 247 asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were under medical observation.
By the end of March 10, 11,128 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 203 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 48 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 978 cases, including 10 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.
A total of 10,675 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 47 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 936 had been discharged in Taiwan.