SHANGHAI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai reported four new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, which are all imported cases from Italy, local health authority said Saturday.

Three of the four patients are Chinese who worked in Italy and flew to Shanghai from Italy via Moscow on Thursday, while the other one is an Italian who flew to Shanghai from Italy via Paris on Wednesday, according to the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission.

All the patients were sent directly to medical observation upon arriving at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

As of Friday, Shanghai had reported a total of 350 confirmed cases, including 12 imported cases.