BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on Dec 11 reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Dec 12.

A total of 13 imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the mainland on Dec 11. Of the new imported cases, five were reported in Shanghai, two each in Jiangsu and Guangdong, and one each in Tianjin, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Yunnan, the commission said in its daily report.

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

By the end of Dec 11, a total of 4,002 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 3,752 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 250 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

A total of 12 COVID-19 patients on the Chinese mainland were discharged from hospitals after recovery on Dec 11, according to the report.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 86,701 by Dec 11, including 293 still under treatment, five of whom were in severe condition.

A total of 81,774 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery on the mainland, and 4,634 had died of the disease, according to the commission.

There were three suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Dec 11. A total of 6,904 close contacts remained under medical observation.

Also on Dec 11, 17 new asymptomatic cases were reported, with 15 arriving from outside the mainland. Two asymptomatic cases, both from outside the mainland, were re-categorized as confirmed cases on the same day.

A total of 196 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation, including 185 arriving from outside the mainland.

By the end of Dec 11, 7,377 confirmed COVID-19 cases including 114 deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 46 cases in the Macao SAR, and 725 cases including seven deaths in Taiwan.

A total of 5,996 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, while 46 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 595 in Taiwan.