BEIJING — A total of 730 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from the hospital on March 19 on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Altogether 71,150 patients had been discharged from the hospital after recovery by the end of March 19, the commission said in its daily report March 20.

As of March 19, a total of 80,967 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,248 people had died of the disease.