BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on March 16, the National Health Commission said on March 17.

Four new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on March 16, said the commission in its daily report.

Four new suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai, and no new deaths related to the disease were reported, it added.

On March 16, 10 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery.

By the end of March 16, a total of 5,163 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,990 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 173 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,066 by March 16, including 176 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 85,254 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the disease.

Four suspected COVID-19 cases were reported on the mainland on March 16, and 4,178 close contacts remained under medical observation.

Also on March 16, 15 asymptomatic cases were newly reported, all arriving from outside the mainland. On the same day, one asymptomatic case was re-categorized as a confirmed case.

A total of 270 asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were under medical observation.

By the end of March 16, 11,329 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 203 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 48 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 990 cases, including 10 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 10,786 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 47 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 951 had been discharged in Taiwan.