BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A total of 282 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from the hospital Monday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Altogether 76,052 patients had been discharged from the hospital after recovery by the end of Monday, the commission said in its daily report Tuesday.

As of Monday, a total of 81,518 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,305 people had died of the disease.