BEIJING, Sept 27 (MENA) - No new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Saturday across the Chinese mainland, Xinhua reported Sunday quoting the National Health Commission. 14 imported confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported, the commission said in its daily report. As of Saturday, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 85,351, including the 176 patients still being treated. Also on Saturday, 26 new asymptomatic cases, all from outside the mainland, were reported, and five asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases. By the end of Saturday, 5,059 confirmed cases including 105 deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), together with 46 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR and 510 cases including seven deaths in Taiwan.

Source: Egypt Today September 27, 2020 01:18 UTC