BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Feb 24, the National Health Commission said Feb 25.

Seven new confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported on the same day, the commission said.

One new suspected case from outside the mainland was reported in Shanghai, and no new deaths related to the disease were reported, it said.

On Feb 24, 96 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery.

By the end of Feb 24, a total of 4,968 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,794 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 174 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 89,871 by Feb 24, including 281 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 84,954 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the disease.

There were four suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland by the end of Feb 24, and 8,098 close contacts remained under medical observation.

Feb 24 also saw nine asymptomatic cases newly reported, all arriving from outside the mainland. One asymptomatic case arriving from outside the mainland was re-categorized as a confirmed one.

A total of 279 asymptomatic cases were under medical observation, of whom 256 arrived from outside the mainland.

By the end of Feb 24, 10,913 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 198 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 48 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 946 cases, including nine deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 10,461 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 47 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 899 had been discharged in Taiwan.