Chinese mainland reports 19 new COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland registered 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday – 15 from overseas and four domestically transmitted, the Chinese health authority said Sunday.

The four domestically-transmitted cases were all in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

No deaths linked to the disease were reported on Saturday, while 56 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.

The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland stands at 84,827 and the cumulative death toll at 4,634, with 319 asymptomatic patients under medical observation.

The total confirmed cases in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the Taiwan region are as follows:

Hong Kong: 4,406 (3,488 recoveries, 69 deaths)

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries)

Taiwan: 482 (450 recoveries, 7 deaths)