The Chinese mainland reported 21 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with one locally transmitted case in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.

A staff member disinfects a resident's hands at a residential area in Bayan County, Harbin of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 27, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

Among the imported cases, six were reported in Yunnan, three in Tianjin, two each in Shandong, Guangdong and Guangxi Autonomous Region, one each in Liaoning, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Henan and Hubei respectively, the commission said in its daily report.

There were 630 active cases on Chinese mainland as of Wednesday. No deaths related to the disease were reported, while 36 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.

The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland stood at 96,478, with the death toll unchanged at 4,636.