648 new coronavirus cases, 97 new deaths on the Chinese mainland

A total of 648 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 97 new deaths were reported on Saturday, according to China's National Health Commission.

That brings the total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland to 76,936, and the cumulative death toll to 2,442 by the end of Saturday.

Chinese health authorities said that, on Saturday, 2,230 patients were discharged from the hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 22,888.

The number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and China's Taiwan region are as follows:

Hong Kong: 69 (two dead, 11 recovered)

Macao: 10 (six recovered)

Taiwan: 26 (one dead, two recovered)