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The Chinese mainland reported 20 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including six locally transmitted and 14 imported, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

Of local cases, five were detected in Heilongjiang Province and one in Shanghai.

Of new imported cases, nine were detected in Shanghai, two in Guangdong and one each in Tianjin, Jiangsu and Fujian, commission said in its daily report.

A total of 83,729 cases have been discharged from hospitals after recovery while 1,304 remained hospitalized, including 36 in severe condition, the commission said.