A total of 213 patients of the novel coronavirus disease were discharged from hospitals Saturday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

A total of 213 patients of the novel coronavirus disease were discharged from hospitals Saturday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Altogether 76,964 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Saturday, the commission said in its daily report Sunday.

As of Saturday, a total of 81,669 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,329 people had died of the disease.