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The Chinese mainland reported 118 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday, 106 locally transmitted and 12 imported, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.

Forty-three locally transmitted cases were detected in Jilin, 35 in Hebei, 27 in Heilongjiang and one in Beijing.

Four new imported cases were detected in Shanghai, three each in Zhejiang and Guangdong, and one each in Shanxi and Shaanxi, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

A total of 4,256 imported cases had been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 274 remained hospitalized, including two in severe conditions, the commission said.