Beijing, March 18 (RHC)-- China's National Health Commission has released its latest data on the outbreak there -- 13 new confirmed cases were reported on Tuesday, down from 21 cases the day before.  That brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China to 80,894, the health authority said in a statement.

The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China had reached 3,237 as of the end of Tuesday after 11 people died the previous day.  Those deaths were all in the central province of Hubei, with the provincial capital Wuhan accounting for 10 of the fatalities. 

The number of imported cases of the virus in mainland China reached 155 as of Tuesday, up 12 from a day earlier.