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China reports 2 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

Xinhua| Updated: 2021-06-22

BEIJING — The Chinese mainland on June 21 reported two new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Guangdong province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on June 22.

Also newly reported were 23 imported cases, of which seven were reported in Fujian, five each in Guangdong and Sichuan, four in Zhejiang, and one each in Inner Mongolia and Shanghai.

No new suspected cases and no new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on June 21.

A total of 6,437 imported cases had been reported on the mainland by the end of June 21. Among them, 6,063 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 374 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 91,629 by June 21, including 512 patients still receiving treatment, 17 of whom were in severe condition.

A total of 86,481 patients had been discharged from hospitals following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus.

There was one suspected COVID-19 case on the mainland on June 21.

A total of 27 asymptomatic cases were newly reported, all from outside the mainland. There were 465 asymptomatic cases, including 444 arriving from outside the mainland, under medical observation by June 21.

By the end of June 21, 11,889 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 210 deaths, had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), while 53 cases had been reported in the Macao SAR, and 14,080 cases, including 569 deaths, had been reported in Taiwan.

A total of 11,616 COVID-19 patients in the Hong Kong SAR had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, while 51 had been discharged in the Macao SAR, and 7,534 had been discharged in Taiwan.