BEIJING — Here are the latest developments on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China:

— The National Health Commission said on March 11 it received reports of 24 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths on the Chinese mainland on March 10. All the 22 deaths were in Hubei province. A total of 1,578 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital after recovery on March 10.

— The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 80,778 by the end of March 10, including 16,145 patients who were still being treated, 61,475 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,158 people who died of the disease.

— The Chinese mainland on March 10 reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of imported cases to 79.

— Hubei province reported 13 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on March 10, all of which were in Wuhan, the provincial capital and epicenter of the outbreak, the provincial health commission said on March 11. The province reported 22 deaths on March 10, 19 of which were in Wuhan. The latest report brought the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the hard-hit province to 67,773.

— As of March 10, Hubei province had seen no new confirmed COVID-19 cases for six consecutive days in its 16 cities and prefectures outside Wuhan.

— The second batch of Taiwan compatriots stranded in Hubei headed home on the evening of March 10, after a mainland airliner flew the first batch of 247 people back to the island on Feb 3, according to an official with the Hubei provincial Taiwan affairs office. As of March 8, a total of 1,169 Taiwan compatriots stranded in Hubei had applied for assistance to return home.