81 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland

The cured COVID-19 patient Ms. Zeng (C) poses for a photo with medical staff at Hainan General Hospital in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, March 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 81 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals Monday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Altogether 77,555 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Monday, the commission said in its daily report Tuesday.

As of Monday, 82,836 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, and 4,633 people had died of the disease.