BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland reported 44 new imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 693, according to the National Health Commission Sunday.

Of the 44 new imported cases, eight were in Guangdong Province, seven each in Shanghai and Tianjin, four in Beijing, three each in Liaoning, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, two in Sichuan Province and one each in Chongqing, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shanxi, Jilin, Fujian, Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces, according to the commission.