BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,318 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospital after recovery Wednesday on the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Thursday.

In total, 62,793 patients had been discharged from hospital by the end of Wednesday, the commission said in its daily report.

As of Wednesday, a total of 80,793 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,169 people had died of the disease.