(Yicai Global) April 11 -- Chinese health authority said today that it received reports of 46 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland yesterday, of which 42 were imported.

Four new domestically transmitted cases were reported, with three in Guangdong province and one in Heilongjiang province, the National Health Commission said in a daily report.

Three deaths, all in Hubei, and eight new suspected cases, all imported ones, were reported yesterday on the mainland.

By the end of yesterday, 1,183 imported cases had been reported, according to the commission. Among them, 734 are being treated at hospitals, including 37 in critical condition, and 449 had been discharged upon recovery.

Meanwhile, the mainland reported 34 new asymptomatic Covid-19 cases yesterday and 14 were confirmed of being infected with the virus, according to the commission.

The commission said that 1,092 asymptomatic-infected patients were still under medical observation as of yesterday, including 338 from overseas.

The commission said 70 people were discharged from hospital after recovery yesterday, while the number of severe cases decreased by three to 141.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 81,953 by the end of yesterday, including 1,089 patients who were still being treated, 77,525 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,339 people who died of the disease.

The commission said that 44 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus.

The commission added that 10,435 close contacts were still under medical observation and 1,411 people were discharged from medical observation yesterday.

By the end of yesterday, 989 confirmed cases had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including four deaths), 45 in the Macau Special Administrative Region and 382 in Taiwan (including six deaths).

A total of 309 patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macau and 91 in Taiwan have been discharged from hospital after recovery.

Editor: Xia Ruirui