490 dead, 24,324 cases of coronavirus confirmed on Chinese mainland

A total of 24,324 cases of novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of Tuesday, with 490 deaths, said China's National Health Commission.

The updated numbers follow 65 new deaths and 3,887 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, according to the commission.

Meanwhile, there were 262 new recovered cases on Tuesday and 3,971 suspected cases reported.

The number of confirmed cases in China's Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SARs) are as follows:

Hong Kong SAR: 18 (1 dead)

Macao SAR: 10

Taiwan: 11