China's Heilongjiang cleared of confirmed COVID-19 cases

People visit Xiangjiang park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 17, 2020. Heilongjiang Province had been cleared of confirmed COVID-19 cases as the last patient was discharged from hospital after recovery on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday. No new confirmed or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported in the province on Saturday, it said. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

HARBIN, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province had been cleared of confirmed COVID-19 cases as the last patient was discharged from hospital after recovery on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday.

No new confirmed or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported in the province on Saturday, it said.

By Saturday, the province had reported a total of 559 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 386 imported confirmed cases.

Also by Saturday, 546 locally transmitted COVID-19 patients and all the 386 imported COVID-19 patients had been discharged from hospital after recovery.

The province still had four asymptomatic cases, according to the commission.

By Saturday, a total of 629 close contacts of locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases in the province and four close contacts of imported confirmed cases were still under medical observation.

People visit Xiangjiang park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 17, 2020. Heilongjiang Province had been cleared of confirmed COVID-19 cases as the last patient was discharged from hospital after recovery on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday. No new confirmed or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported in the province on Saturday, it said. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

People visit Xiangjiang park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 17, 2020. Heilongjiang Province had been cleared of confirmed COVID-19 cases as the last patient was discharged from hospital after recovery on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday. No new confirmed or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported in the province on Saturday, it said. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

People walk on the street in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 17, 2020. Heilongjiang Province had been cleared of confirmed COVID-19 cases as the last patient was discharged from hospital after recovery on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday. No new confirmed or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases were reported in the province on Saturday, it said. (Xinhua/Wang Song)