As many as 24 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of midnight on Tuesday, with 22 more deaths, according to China's National Health Commission.

The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now stands at 80,778, while the cumulative death toll is 3,158.

On the same day, the Chinese health authorities said that 1,578 patients had been discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 61,475.

Another 10 cases of infections contracted outside China were reported, lifting the total number of imported cases to 79.

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

Hong Kong: 120 (3 dead, 65 recovered)

Macao: 10 (10 recovered)

Taiwan: 47 (1 dead, 17 recovered)