BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on March 21, the National Health Commission said on March 22.

Seven new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on March 21, said the commission in its daily report.

No new suspected cases or new deaths related to the disease were reported, it added.

On March 21, 11 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery.

By the end of March 21, a total of 5,202 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 5,043 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 159 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,106 by March 21, including 161 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 85,309 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 21, and 3,364 close contacts remained under medical observation.

March 21 also saw reports of eight asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland. On the same day, one asymptomatic case from outside the mainland was re-categorized as a confirmed case.

A total of 235 asymptomatic cases, all of whom were imported ones, were under medical observation.

By the end of March 21, 11,379 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 1,006 cases, including 10 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 10,875 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, 47 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 963 had been discharged in Taiwan.