A total of 24,324 cases of novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of Tuesday, with 490 deaths, said China's National Health Commission.

The updated numbers follow 65 new deaths and 3,887 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, according to the commission.

Meanwhile, there were 262 new recovered cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of recovered so far to 892. As 3,971 suspected cases were reported on Tuesday, the total number of suspected cases rose to 23,260.

The number of confirmed cases in China's Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SARs) are as follows:

Hong Kong SAR: 18 (1 dead)

Macao SAR: 10

Taiwan: 11