A total of 180 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals Friday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Altogether 76,751 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Friday, the commission said in its daily report Saturday.

As of Friday, a total of 81,639 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,326 people had died of the disease.