(Yicai Global) March 14 --  Chinese health authority said today it received reports of 11 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 13 deaths on the Chinese mainland yesterday.

All of the deaths were in Hubei province, according to the National Health Commission. 

Also yesterday, seven imported cases of novel coronavirus infection were reported, including four in Shanghai, two in Gansu province and one in Beijing. By the end of yesterday, 95 imported cases had been reported, said the commission.

Meanwhile, 17 new suspected cases were reported and 1,430 people were discharged from hospital yesterday after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by 410 to 3,610.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 80,824 by the end of yesterday, including 12,094 patients who were still being treated, 65,541 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 3,189 people who had died of the disease.

According to the commission, 115 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus.

The commission said that 678,935 close contacts had been traced, adding that among them, 2,174 were discharged from medical observation yesterday, with 10,879 others still under medical observation.

By the end of yesterday, 137 confirmed cases had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including four deaths), 10 in the Macau Special Administrative Region and 50 in Taiwan (including one death).

Some 78 patients in Hong Kong, 10 in Macau and 20 in Taiwan have been discharged from hospital after recovery.

Editor: Xia Ruirui