A total of 40,171 cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of midnight on Sunday, with 908 deaths, according to China's National Health Commission (NHC).

The updated figures include 97 new deaths and 3,062 new cases that were reported on Sunday.

There were also 632 more recovered cases, bringing the total to 3,281.

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

Hong Kong: 36 (1 death)

Macao: 10 (1 recovered)

Taiwan: 18 (1 recovered)