The Chinese mainland registered 37 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 10 cases from overseas and 27 domestically transmitted, Chinese health authority said Friday.

Of the 27 domestically-transmitted cases, 26 are in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, another in Beijing.

No deaths related to the disease were reported Thursday, while 31 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.

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

Hong Kong: 3,849 (2,458 recoveries, 46 deaths)

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries)

Taiwan: 477 (441 recoveries, seven deaths)