Beijing, Jan 1 (TIWN) The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 19 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases, including nine locally transmitted cases and 10 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

Five of the locally transmitted cases were reported in Beijing, and four in northeast China's Liaoning Province, the commission said in its daily report.  A new suspected case arriving in Shanghai from outside the mainland was reported Thursday, said the commission.  Seventeen COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Thursday.  By the end of Thursday, a total of 4,273 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,006 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 267 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.  The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 87,071 by Thursday, including 370 patients still receiving treatment.