BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) — The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 1,337 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, of which 1,267 were reported in Jilin Province, the National Health Commission said Monday..
Aside from Jilin, 39 new local cases were reported in Jiangsu, 21 in Hebei, four in Liaoning, two in Guangdong, two in Shaanxi, one in Jiangxi, one in Shandong, and one in Henan..
Also reported were 22 new imported cases in four provincial-level regions, according to the commission..
Following the recovery of 252 COVID-19 patients on Sunday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland still receiving medical treatment stood at 13,236..
There were no new deaths from COVID-19 reported on Sunday, with the death toll remaining at 4,636..
A total of 215,281 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported on the Chinese mainland, including 5,262 deaths..
By the end of Sunday, 114,875 close contacts had been identified, with 7,268 still under medical observation..
A total of 204,714 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), including 6,764 deaths, while 10,847 cases have been reported in the Macao SAR, including 79 deaths, and 15,121 cases in Taiwan, including 841 deaths..
