(Yicai Global) June 7 -- Chinese health authority said today that it received reports of six new confirmed Covid-19 cases yesterday, five of which were imported and the other one was domestically transmitted and reported in Hainan province.

Among the five imported cases, two were reported in Shaanxi province and the other three were reported in Tianjin, Fujian province and Guangdong province each respectively, the National Health Commission said in a daily report.

No deaths were reported yesterday on the mainland, while two new suspcted imported cases were reported in Shanghai, according to the commission.

As of yesterday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,776 imported cases. Of the cases, 1,710 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery and 66 were being treated, the commission said.

The commission said three people were discharged from hospitals after recovery yesterday.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 83,036 by yesterday, including 70 patients who were still being treated, 78,332 people who had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 people who died of the disease.

The commission said three people, all arriving from abroad, were still suspected of being infected with the virus.

It added that 3,389 close contacts were still under medical observation while 633 people were discharged from medical observation yesterday.

Also yesterday, five new asymptomatic cases, including four from abroad, were reported on the mainland. The commission said 236 suspected asymptomatic cases, including 43 from overseas, were still under medical observation.

By the end of yesterday, 1,105 confirmed cases had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including four deaths), 45 in the Macau Special Administrative Region and 443 in Taiwan (including seven deaths).

A total of 1,048 patients in Hong Kong, 45 in Macau and 429 in Taiwan have been discharged from hospital after recovery.

Editor: Xia Ruirui