BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on Feb 13 reported seven new COVID-19 cases, all imported, the National Health Commission said on Feb 14.

Two imported cases each were reported in Shanghai and Guangdong, and one each in Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and Shaanxi, the commission said in its daily report.

No suspected cases or deaths related to COVID-19 were newly reported.
The same day saw the discharge of 81 COVID-19 patients from hospitals following their recovery.

By the end of Feb 13, a total of 4,861 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,621 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 240 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 89,763 by Feb 13, including 689 patients still receiving treatment, 12 of whom were in severe conditions.

A total of 84,438 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

There was one suspected COVID-19 case on the mainland on Feb 13, and 11,635 close contacts remained under medical observation.

17 asymptomatic cases were newly reported on Feb 13, all arriving from outside the mainland. On the same day, one asymptomatic case was re-categorized as a confirmed case.

A total of 428 asymptomatic cases were under medical observation, of whom 287 arrived from outside the mainland.

By the end of Feb 13, 10,767 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 193 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 48 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 937 cases, including nine deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 10,160 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, 46 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 859 had been discharged in Taiwan.