636 dead, 31,161 cases of coronavirus confirmed on Chinese mainland

A total of 31,161 cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of Thursday, with 636 deaths, according to China's National Health Commission (NHC).

The updated numbers follow 73 new deaths and 3,143 new confirmed cases on Thursday, according to the NHC.

There were 387 new recovered cases on Thursday, bringing the total cured patients to 1,540.

The number of confirmed cases in China's Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) are as follows:

Hong Kong SAR: 24 (1 death)

Macao SAR: 10

Taiwan: 16