BEIJING — No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Aug 22 across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Aug 23.

A total of 12 confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported Aug 22, the commission said in its daily report.

Two new suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in Fujian province, and no deaths related to the disease were reported on the mainland, it added.

Of the new imported cases, five were reported in Hebei, two each in Tianjin, Guangdong and Shaanxi, and one in Fujian, the commission said.

On Aug 22, 44 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said.

By the end of Aug 22, a total of 2,402 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,190 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 212 remained hospitalized, with two in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

As of Aug 22, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 84,951, including 422 patients who were still being treated, with 16 in severe condition.

Altogether 79,895 people had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.

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

According to the commission, 13,730 close contacts were still under medical observation after 1,478 were discharged on Aug 22.