BEIJING — No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Aug 18 across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Aug 19.

A total of 17 confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported on Aug 18, the commission said in its daily report.

No new suspected cases or deaths related to the disease were reported on the Chinese mainland, it added.

Of the new imported cases, eight were reported in Shanghai, four in Guangdong, two each in Zhejiang and Shaanxi, and one in Shandong, the commission said.

On Aug 18, 43 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said.

By the end of Aug 18, a total of 2,339 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,127 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 212 remained hospitalized, with no one in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

As of Aug 18, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 84,888, including 569 patients who were still being treated, with 26 in severe condition.

Altogether 79,685 people had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.

There were still two suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland, it added.

According to the commission, 17,093 close contacts were still under medical observation after 2,002 were discharged on Aug 18.

Also on Aug 18, 14 new asymptomatic cases, including 13 from outside the mainland, were reported, and two asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed ones.

The commission said 345 asymptomatic cases, including 221 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By Aug 18, 4,560 confirmed cases including 71 deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), together with 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR and 486 cases including seven deaths in Taiwan.

A total of 3,677 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 450 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.