NORTHEAST CHINA’S Jilin Province reported 11 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday, local health authorities said yesterday.

The provincial health commission said the 11 patients were all domestically transmitted cases in Shulan, a county-level city in the province. The city’s risk associated with the virus has been upgraded from medium-level to high-level yesterday.

By Saturday, the province had reported a total of 105 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases.

No imported COVID-19 cases were reported in the province Saturday, and a total of 19 imported cases had been reported in the province by Saturday.

The national health authority said yesterday that it received report of 14 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Saturday, of which two were imported cases reported in Shanghai.

Twelve cases were domestically transmitted, with 11 reported in Shulan and the other one in Hubei Province, the National Health Commission said in a daily report.

A newly suspected case imported from abroad was reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

No deaths were reported Saturday on the mainland, according to the commission.

On Saturday, 74 people were discharged from hospitals after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by two to 13.

As of Saturday, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,901, including 148 patients who were still being treated and 78,120 people who had been discharged after recovery.

Altogether 4,633 people had died of the disease, the commission said.

By Saturday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,683 imported cases. Of the cases, 1,568 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 115 remained hospitalized with three in severe conditions. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

The commission said four people, all from overseas, were still suspected of being infected with the virus.

According to the commission, 5,840 close contacts were still under medical observation after 427 people were discharged from medical observation Saturday.

Also on Saturday, 20 new asymptomatic cases were reported on the mainland. One case was recategorized as a confirmed case, and 61 asymptomatic cases, including 16 from overseas, were discharged from medical observation, according to the commission.

The commission said 794 asymptomatic cases, including 48 from overseas, were still under medical observation. (Xinhua)