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BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 922 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospital Tuesday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Altogether 69,601 patients had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Tuesday, the commission said in its daily report.

As of Tuesday, a total of 80,894 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,237 people had died of the disease.