BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 56 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals Wednesday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Members of the first group of imported COVID-19 patients diagnosed at Suifenhe port in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province who were cured and discharged from the hospital on April 21, 2020 wave goodbye to medics. (Photo: Pan Songgang/chinadaily.com.cn)

Altogether 77,207 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Wednesday, the commission said in its daily report Thursday.

As of Wednesday, 82,798 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, and 4,632 people had died of the disease. Enditem