BEIJING?— A total of 170 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospital on April 1 on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.

Altogether 76,408 patients had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of April 1, the commission said in its daily report on April 2.

As of April 1, a total of 81,589 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,318 people had died of the disease.