BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) - A total of 91 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals Wednesday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Passengers of the G4802 high-speed train wait to take the nucleic acid tests after arriving at a checking point at the Chaoyang District in Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua)

Altogether 77,370 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Wednesday, the commission said in its daily report Thursday.

As of Wednesday, a total of 81,865 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, and 3,335 people had died of the disease.