BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on Nov 6 reported 50 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Nov 7.

Of the new local cases, 21 were reported in Hebei, nine in Liaoning, six in Heilongjiang, four in Sichuan, three each in Henan and Yunnan, two in Gansu, and one each in Jiangxi and Ningxia.

Also reported were 24 new imported cases, of which nine were reported in Yunnan, three each in Shanghai and Guangdong, two each in Liaoning and Shaanxi, one each in Beijing, Fujian, Shandong, Henan and Guangxi, according to the commission.

Two new suspected cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in Shanghai as well, the commission added.

No new death related to COVID-19 was reported on Nov 6, said the commission.

A total of 9,736 imported cases had been reported on the mainland by the end of Nov 6. Among them, 9,353 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 383 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 97,734 by Nov 6, including 1,169 patients still receiving treatment, 32 of whom were in severe condition.

A total of 91,929 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

A total of 35 asymptomatic cases were newly reported, of whom 14 were from outside the mainland. There were a total of 442 asymptomatic cases, of whom 337 were imported, under medical observation as of Nov 6.

By the end of Nov 6, 12,367 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 213 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while 77 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 16,438 cases, including 847 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 12,036 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, while 75 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 13,742 had been discharged in Taiwan.