The Chinese mainland registered 43 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, seven from overseas and 36 domestically transmitted, the National Health Commission said on Monday. 

Of the domestic transmissions, 28 were reported in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and eight in northeastern Liaoning Province. 

No deaths related to the disease were registered on Sunday, while 10 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals. 

Altogether, 79,013 patients had been discharged from hospitals by Sunday, the report said, adding that a total of 84,428 COVID-19 cases had been reported on the Chinese mainland since the start of the epidemic, including 4,634 deaths. 

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

Hong Kong: 3,511 (1,959 recoveries, 35 deaths) 

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries) 

Taiwan: 474 (441 recoveries, 7 deaths)