BEIJING — No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Oct 9 across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Oct 10.

A total of 15 confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported, the commission said in its daily report.

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

Of the new imported cases, five were reported in Sichuan, three in Shaanxi, two respectively in Tianjin, Liaoning and Shanghai, as well as one in Guangdong.

On Oct 9, 15 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland.

By the end of Oct 9, a total of 2,987 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,781 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 206 remained hospitalized, with one in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

As of Oct 9, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 85,536, including the 206 patients still being treated.

Altogether 80,696 patients had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.

There were four suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland, while 8,164 close contacts were still under medical observation after 857 were discharged on Oct 9, according to the commission.

Also on Oct 9, 39 new asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were reported, and no asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

The commission said 380 asymptomatic cases, including 378 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.

By Oct 9, 5,169 confirmed cases, including 105 deaths, had been reported in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases in Macao SAR, and 527 cases, including seven deaths, in Taiwan.

A total of 4,906 COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong SAR, 46 in Macao SAR and 488 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.