The Chinese mainland registered 44 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, with 31 cases from overseas and 13 domestically transmitted, the Chinese health authority said Tuesday. 

All of the 13 domestically transmitted cases are in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Among the cases from overseas, nine were reported in Shaanxi Province and eight in Shanghai.

No death related to the disease was reported on Monday, while 52 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: 4,148 (2,917 recoveries, 55 deaths) 

Macao: 46 (46 recoveries) 

Taiwan: 477 (441 recoveries, 7 deaths)