BEIJING — Eighty-seven patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals after recovery on May 4 on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission on May 5.

Altogether 77,853 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of May 4, the commission said in its daily report.

As of May 4, 82,881 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, and 4,633 people had died of the disease.