The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 109 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 93 locally transmitted cases and 16 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

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Of the local cases, 35 were detected in Heilongjiang, 14 each in Hebei and Gansu, nine in Beijing, six in Inner Mongolia, four each in Chongqing and Qinghai, two each in Jiangxi, Yunnan and Ningxia, and one in Sichuan.

Of the imported cases, five were reported in Shanghai, four in Guangdong, two in Yunnan, and one each in Liaoning, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangxi and Sichuan.

There were 1,000 active cases on Chinese mainland, with 37 in critical condition. No deaths related to the disease were reported, while 21 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.

The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland stood at 97,423 and the cumulative death toll was 4,636 as of Wednesday.