ONE newly confirmed COVID-19 case was reported in Central China’s Hubei Province on Monday, the provincial health commission said yesterday.

The commission said the patient was confirmed after having been reported as an asymptomatic case under observation in the provincial capital Wuhan. As of Monday, Hubei had 285 asymptomatic cases under medical observation.

Hubei had reported 68,135 confirmed COVID-19 cases in total, including 50,340 in Wuhan.

The State health authority said yesterday that it received reports of six newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Monday, of which three were imported cases reported in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The other three cases were domestically transmitted, with two reported in Jilin Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

One suspected case from abroad was reported in Shanghai, the commission said.

No deaths related to the disease were reported Monday, according to the commission.

On Monday, three people were discharged from hospitals after recovery, while the number of severe cases increased by two to 10.

As of Monday, the overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,960, including 85 patients who were still being treated, and 78,241 people who had been discharged after recovery.

Altogether 4,634 people had died of the disease, the commission said.  (Xinhua)