A resident takes nucleic acid test at a local hospital in Shanghai, August 2, 2021. (File photo: CFP)

The Chinese mainland reported 29 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 9 domestically transmitted and 20 imported, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

The locally transmitted cases were reported in Heilongjiang and Fujian provinces, the commission said in its daily report.

Of the imported cases, ten were reported in Yunnan, four in Guangdong, two each in Inner Mongolia and Shanghai and one each in Shandong and Henan, the commission said.

There were 1,013 active cases on Chinese mainland as of Saturday, 12 of whom were in severe conditions. 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 96,015, with the death toll unchanged at 4,636.