A medical worker collects throat swab of a resident at a sampling site in Fengtai District of Beijing, capital of China, June 15, 2020. (File photo: Xinhua)

Chinese health authorities said Wednesday that it received reports of 3 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday, and all of them were domestically transmitted in Beijing. 

Zero new imported COVID-19 cases were reported, with the total number of imported cases at 1,918, unchanged from a day earlier, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

Of all the imported cases as of the end of Tuesday, 1,839 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 79 remained hospitalized, with no one in severe conditions, the commission said.

No deaths had been reported from the imported cases.

Ten COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery.

There were 421 patients still being treated, including seven in severe conditions, the commission said in its daily report.

Altogether 78,479 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals by Tuesday, the report said.

As of Tuesday, a total of 83,534 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, among whom 4,634 had died of the disease.

(With input from Xinhua)