Chinese mainland reports 24 new imported COVID-19 cases

BEIJING -- The Chinese mainland reported 24 new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,084, the National Health Commission said Friday.

11 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Thursday. No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the Chinese mainland.

Of the new imported cases, 11 were reported in Shanghai, five in Inner Mongolia, two each in Tianjin, Jiangsu and Guangdong, and one each in Fujian and Chongqing, the commission said in its daily report.

Among all the imported cases, 2,844 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 240 remained hospitalized, the commission said.

No deaths had been reported from the imported cases.