The Chinese mainland reported 47 newly imported cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 474, according to the National Health Commission yesterday.
Of the 47 newly imported cases, 19 were reported in Shanghai, five in Beijing and Guangdong respectively, four in Tianjin and Fujian respectively, two in Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu and Sichuan respectively, and one in Jilin, Zhejiang, Shandong and Shaanxi respectively, according to the commission.
The commission said that no new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported on the Chinese mainland.
Also on Tuesday, four deaths and 33 new suspected cases were reported on the mainland with three of the deaths reported in Hubei Province.
On Tuesday, 491 people were discharged from the hospital after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by 174 to 1,399.
The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,218 by the end of Tuesday, including 4,287 patients who were still being treated, 73,650 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,281 people who died of the disease.
The commission said that 134 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus.
The commission added that 13,356 close contacts were still under medical observation. On Tuesday, 1,215 people were discharged from medical observation.