A total of 397 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 109 new deaths were reported on Friday, according to China's National Health Commission.

That brings the total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland to 76,288, and the cumulative death toll to 2,345 by the end of Friday.

Chinese health authorities said that, on Friday, 2,393 patients were discharged from the hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 20,659.

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

Hong Kong: 68 (two dead, six recovered)

Macao: 10 (six recovered)

Taiwan: 26 (one dead, two recovered)