Here are the latest developments on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China:
-- Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of 10 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland Wednesday, of which six were imported.
The other four new cases were domestically transmitted, including three in Heilongjiang Province and one in Guangdong Province.
No death or suspected case was reported Wednesday on the mainland.
As of Wednesday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,616 imported cases, 823 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 793 were being treated with 37 in severe conditions.
-- The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,798 by Wednesday, including 959 patients who were still being treated and 77,207 people who had been discharged after recovery. Altogether 4,632 people had died of the disease.
-- Also on Wednesday, 27 new asymptomatic cases, including one from abroad, were reported on the mainland. Three domestic asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases, and 31 people, seven of whom were from abroad, were discharged from medical observation.
A total of 984 suspected asymptomatic cases, including 166 from abroad, were still under medical observation.
-- Heilongjiang Province Wednesday reported three new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and one new imported confirmed case. The new imported case was a Chinese national returning from Russia.
-- No new confirmed cases or new deaths of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday.
By the end of Wednesday, the province had 546 asymptomatic cases under medical observation, after 21 new such cases were reported and 23 were ruled out on Wednesday.
By Wednesday, Hubei has reported 68,128 confirmed COVID-19 cases in total, including 50,333 in Wuhan.
-- Shanghai reported one imported COVID-19 case and zero increase in locally transmitted COVID-19 case on Wednesday. Enditem
