The Chinese mainland registered two new imported COVID-19 cases and no new deaths in the past 24 hours, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Thursday.

The NHC added that 23 new asymptomatic cases were detected on Wednesday.

Confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland at present stand at 82,995, including 1,734 infections originating overseas. China's cumulative death toll from the disease is 4,645.

As of Wednesday, a total of 413 asymptomatic patients are under medical observation.

The total confirmed cases in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the Taiwan region are as follows:

Hong Kong: 1,066 (1,034 recoveries, 4 deaths)

Macao: 45 (45 recoveries)

Taiwan: 441 (419 recoveries, 7 deaths)