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

— The National Health Commission said on April 19 that it received reports of 16 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland on April 18, of which nine were imported.

The other seven new cases were domestically transmitted, the National Health Commission said in a daily report, noting that six cases were reported in Heilongjiang province and one in Guangdong province.

— The National Health Commission said as of April 18, the mainland had reported a total of 1,575 imported cases. Of the cases, 728 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 847 were being treated with 47 in severe condition.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,735 by April 18, including 1,041 patients who were still being treated, 77,062 people who had been discharged after recovery, and 4,632 people who died of the disease, the commission said.

— Shanghai reported seven imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on April 18, the municipal health commission said April 19.

All of them were Chinese citizens returning Shanghai from countries including Britain, the United States and Russia. They have been sent to designated medical institutions for treatment.

— Beijing will recognize health status of personnel commuting from its neighboring regions as a way to facilitate their commute, local authorities said on April 18.

Beijing rolled out a mini-program showing health status and travel records for better epidemic management in early March. Only those without travel records outside the national capital can show "no sign of abnormality" on the app.

— Wuhan, once the hardest-hit city by novel coronavirus disease, has been classified as a low-risk area of the outbreak as the city has met the criteria of no newly confirmed cases for the last 14 days, according to the latest assessment released on April 18 by local authorities.

By the end of April 17, the central province of Hubei, which administers Wuhan, had 76 low-risk cities and counties and none with high risk or medium risk, according to the provincial COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control headquarters on April 18.

— No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease were reported in Hubei on April 18, local health authority said on April 19.

On April 18, the province reported no new deaths from COVID-19, and the death toll of the province stayed at 4,512.