BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on May 21 reported one new locally transmitted COVID-19 case in Guangdong province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on May 22.

The same day also saw nine new imported cases on the mainland. Of them, five were reported in Guangdong, two in Sichuan, and one each in Liaoning and Shanghai.

Two new suspected cases and no new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on May 21, the commission said.

A total of 5,934 imported cases had been reported on the mainland by the end of May 21. Among them, 5,664 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 270 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 90,954 by May 21, including 301 patients still receiving treatment, four of whom were in severe condition.

A total of 86,017 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

There were three suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland on May 21.

A total of 23 asymptomatic cases were newly reported, and 22 of them arrived from outside the mainland. There were a total of 370 asymptomatic cases, of whom 349 were imported, under medical observation by May 21.

By the end of May 21, 11,829 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 210 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while 50 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 3,139 cases, including 15 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 11,547 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, while 49 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 1,133 had been discharged in Taiwan.