Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

No new locally transmitted cases of the novel coronavirus disease were reported on Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

Two confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported in northwest China's Shaanxi Province Tuesday, the commission said in its daily report.

No new deaths from COVID-19 were reported on the Chinese mainland, it said.

Tuesday saw three new suspected cases, who arrived from outside the mainland and were reported in Shanghai, according to the commission.

As of the end of Tuesday, the total number of confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 82,883, including 339 patients who were still being treated, 77,911 people who had been discharged after recovery, and 4,633 people who died of the disease.

Twenty new asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus were reported Tuesday, including three imported ones, the commission said.