The Chinese mainland registered 36 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, six from overseas and 30 domestically transmitted, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday. 

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

No deaths related to the disease were registered on Monday, while 17 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals. 

Altogether, 79,030 patients had been discharged from hospitals by Monday, the report said, adding that a total of 84,464 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: 3,589 (2,037 recoveries, 38 deaths) 

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries) 

Taiwan: 474 (441 recoveries, 7 deaths)