Chinese mainland reports 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

BEIJING -- Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of 19 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, including 11 imported cases and eight locally-transmitted ones.

All of the new locally-transmitted cases were reported in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

One new suspected COVID-19 case, which was imported from outside the mainland, was reported in Shanghai Municipality.

No deaths related to the disease were reported Wednesday.