Latest developments in epidemic control on March 23 (2)

Here are the latest developments on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China:

— No new domestically transmitted cases of the COVID-19 were reported on the Chinese mainland on March 22.

— The National Health Commission received reports of 39 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Sunday, all of which were imported.

— No new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 were reported on March 22 in Wuhan, marking the fifth day in a row of zero report as the former hardest-hit city recovers from the epidemic.

— The health commission of Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, said the central Chinese province also registered zero increase in new COVID-19 cases on March 22.

— Beijing and Shanghai both reported 10 new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 from other countries on March 22.

— Also on March 22, nine deaths and 47 new suspected cases were reported on the mainland with all of the deaths reported in Hubei province.

A total of 459 people were discharged from the hospital after recovery on March 22, while the number of severe cases decreased by 96 to 1,749.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,093 by the end of March 22, including 5,120 patients who were still being treated, 72,703 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,270 people who died of the disease.

— By the end of March 22, 317 confirmed cases including four deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 21 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 169 in Taiwan including two deaths.

A total of 100 patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macao and 28 in Taiwan had been discharged from the hospital after recovery.