Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases

BEIJING — No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Sept 1 across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Sept 2.

Eight confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported on Sept 1, the commission said in its daily report.

No new suspected cases or deaths related to the disease were reported on Sept 1, the commission said.

Of the imported cases, four were reported in Shanghai, two in Guangdong, and one each in Liaoning and Sichuan, the commission said.

On Sept 1, a total of 26 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, the commission said.

By the end of Sept 1, a total of 2,517 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Of them, 2,341 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 176 remained hospitalized, with three in severe condition. No deaths from the imported cases had been reported.

As of Sept 1, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 85,066, including 198 patients who were still being treated, with three in severe condition.

Altogether 80,234 people had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 had died of the disease on the mainland, the commission said.

There were no suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland, it added.

According to the commission, 7,587 close contacts were still under medical observation after 525 were discharged on Sept 1.