BEIJING — No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Oct 1 across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Oct 2.

Ten imported COVID-19 cases were confirmed, the commission said in its daily report.

No new suspected cases or new deaths related to the disease were reported, the commission said.

On Oct 1, seven COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland.

By the end of Oct 1, a total of 2,875 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,686 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 189 remained hospitalized, with one in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

As of Oct 1, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 85,424, including the 189 patients still being treated.

Altogether 80,601 patients 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, while 7,424 close contacts were still under medical observation after 607 were discharged on Oct 1, according to the commission.

Also on Oct 1, 33 new asymptomatic cases, all from outside the mainland, were reported, and one asymptomatic case was re-categorized as confirmed cases.

The commission said 377 asymptomatic cases, including 375 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By the end of Oct 1, 5,097 confirmed cases including 105 deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), together with 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR and 515 cases including seven deaths in Taiwan.

A total of 4,837 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR, 46 in the Macao SAR, and 484 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.