BEIJING — The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on March 22, the National Health Commission said on March 23.

Nine new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on March 22, said the commission in its daily report.

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

On March 22, 12 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals following their recovery.

By the end of March 22, a total of 5,211 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 5,055 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 156 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,115 by March 22, including 158 patients still receiving treatment.

A total of 85,321 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died of the disease.

There were two suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland on March 22, and 3,181 close contacts remained under medical observation.

March 22 also saw reports of 14 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 237 asymptomatic cases, all of whom were imported ones, were under medical observation.

By the end of March 22, 11,397 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 10,901 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.