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

— No new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland for the third day in a row on March 20, the National Health Commission said.

— The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,008 by the end of March 20, including 6,013 patients who were still being treated and 3,255 people who died of the disease.

— No new infections or suspected cases of the novel coronavirus were reported on March 20 in Wuhan, marking three days in a row of zero report at the epicenter of the epidemic.

— The National Health Commission received reports of 41 newly confirmed imported COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on March 20. Of them, 14 were reported in Beijing, nine in Shanghai, seven in Guangdong province and four in Fujian province. By the end of March 19, 269 imported cases had been reported.

— Seven deaths and 36 new suspected cases were reported on the mainland with all of the deaths reported in Hubei province.

— On March 20, 590 people were discharged from hospital after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by 173 to 1,963.

— By the end of March 20, 256 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 17 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 135 in Taiwan including two deaths.

— A total of 12 types of nucleic acid testing kits and eight types of antibody testing kits for COVID-19 gained approval for clinical use, Feng Luzhao, a researcher with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on March 20.

— Procuratorial organs across the country prosecuted 1,712 suspects in 1,416 cases related to the COVID-19 epidemic by March 19, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate. A total of 2,481 suspects had been arrested for epidemic-related crime cases.