The Chinese mainland registered 27 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, five from overseas and 22 domestically transmitted, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. 

All of the 22 domestic transmissions were reported in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

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

Altogether, 79,047 patients had been discharged from hospitals by Tuesday, the report said, adding that a total of 84,491 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: 3,669 (2,141 recoveries, 42 deaths) 

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries) 

Taiwan: 476 (441 recoveries, 7 deaths)