BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on March 17, the National Health Commission said on March 18.

Six new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on March 17, said the commission in its daily report.

Two 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 17, 13 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery.

By the end of March 17, a total of 5,169 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 5,001 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 168 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,072 by March 17, including 169 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 85,267 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the disease.

There were six suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland on March 17, and 4,130 close contacts remained under medical observation.

A total of 261 asymptomatic cases including six newly reported on March 17, all arriving from outside the mainland, were under medical observation.

By the end of March 17, 11,340 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 10,809 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 47 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 956 had been discharged in Taiwan.