Coronavirus | 2 local cases in Shanghai among mainland's 11 new infections

China's National Health Commission said Monday (Nov. 23) that it received reports of 11 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday(Nov. 22), including two domestically transmitted cases and nine imported ones.

The local infections were reported in Shanghai, the commission said in its daily report.

Of the fresh imported cases, four were posted in Guangdong, and one each in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Fujian and Shaanxi, the commission said.

There were no new suspected cases or additional deaths related to the disease reported, it said.

Another 12 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, while 315 others were still undergoing treatment, of whom six were in severe condition, according to the commission.

By the end of Sunday, a total of 3,784 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 3,486 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 298 remained hospitalized. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

Overall, a total of 86,442 confirmed cases had been reported on the mainland, including 81,493 recoveries and 4,634 deaths, the commission said.

There were no suspected cases on the mainland, while 11,231 close contacts were still under medical observation after 731 were released from observation, according to the commission.

Also on Sunday, 10 new asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were reported and one asymptomatic case was re-categorized as a confirmed case.

There were 357 asymptomatic cases still under medical observation, with 353 arriving from outside the mainland.

By the end of Sunday, 5,628 confirmed cases, including 108 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while the Macao SAR had recorded 46 cases, and Taiwan had registered 617 cases, including seven deaths.

A total of 5,259 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 46 in the Macao SAR and 548 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.

(Souce: Xinhua News Agency)