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March 28: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Mar 28, 2020
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On March 27, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 54 new cases of confirmed infections (all are imported cases), 29 new cases of suspected infections, and 3 deaths (all in Hubei province). 383 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 758 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 113.
As of 24:00 on March 27, the National Health Commission had received 81,394 reports of confirmed cases and 3,295 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and in all 74,971 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 3,128 confirmed cases (including 921 in serious condition) and 184 suspected cases. So far, 699,396 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 17,198 are now under medical observation.
On March 27, Hubei reported no new cases of confirmed infections, no new cases of suspected infections, and 3 deaths (all in Wuhan). 367 patients were released from hospital after being cured, including 360 in Wuhan.
As of 24:00 on March 27, Hubei had reported 67,801 cases of confirmed infections (including 50,006 in Wuhan) and 3,177 deaths (including 2,538 in Wuhan). In all, 62,098 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital, including 44,951 in Wuhan. There still remained 2,526 confirmed cases (including 2,517 in Wuhan), with 886 in serious condition (including 882 in Wuhan). There were no suspected cases.
On March 27, the Chinese mainland reported 54 new imported confirmed cases from overseas (17 in Shanghai municipality, 11 in Guangdong province, 6 in Fujian province, 5 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Zhejiang province, 3 in Beijing municipality, 3 in Liaoning province, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 2 in Jilin province, and 1 in Shandong province). As of 24:00 on March 27, the Chinese mainland had reported 649 imported confirmed cases from overseas.
As of 24:00 on March 27, 819 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 518 in Hong Kong (4 had been dead and 111 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 34 in Macao (10 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 267 in Taiwan (2 had been dead and 30 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
