BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 28 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals Saturday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission Sunday.

Altogether 77,713 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Saturday, the commission said in its daily report.

As of Saturday, 82,877 confirmed COVID-19 cases had been reported on the mainland, and 4,633 people had died of the disease.