BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on March 19, the National Health Commission said on March 20.

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

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

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

By the end of March 19, a total of 5,183 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 5,023 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 160 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,087 by March 19, including 162 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 85,289 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 on March 19, and 3,423 close contacts remained under medical observation.

A total of 250 asymptomatic cases including eight newly reported on March 19, all arriving from outside the mainland, were under medical observation. On the same day, one asymptomatic case was re-categorized as a confirmed case.

By the end of March 19, 11,363 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 1,004 cases, including 10 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 10,837 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 47 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 959 had been discharged in Taiwan.