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March 29: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Mar 29, 2020
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On March 28, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 45 new cases of confirmed infections (44 imported cases and 1 indigenous case in Henan province), 28 new cases of suspected infections (27 imported cases and 1 indigenous case in Gansu province), and 5 deaths (all in Hubei province). 477 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,097 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 179.
As of 24:00 on March 28, the National Health Commission had received 81,439 reports of confirmed cases and 3,300 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and in all 75,448 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,691 confirmed cases (including 742 in serious condition) and 174 suspected cases. So far, 701,884 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 18,581 are now under medical observation.
On March 28, Hubei reported no new cases of confirmed infections, no new cases of suspected infections, and 5 deaths (all in Wuhan). 467 patients (all in Wuhan) were released from hospital after being cured.
As of 24:00 on March 28, Hubei had reported 67,801 cases of confirmed infections (including 50,006 in Wuhan) and 3,182 deaths (including 2,543 in Wuhan). In all, 62,565 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital, including 45,418 in Wuhan. There still remained 2,054 confirmed cases (including 2,045 in Wuhan), with 710 in serious condition (including 706 in Wuhan). There were no suspected cases.
On March 28, the Chinese mainland reported 44 new imported confirmed cases from overseas (8 in Guangdong province, 7 in Tianjin municipality, 7 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Beijing municipality, 3 in Liaoning province, 3 in Jiangsu province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Jilin province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Chongqing municipality, and 1 in Guizhou province). As of 24:00 on March 28, the Chinese mainland had reported 693 imported confirmed cases from overseas.
As of 24:00 on March 28, 902 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 582 in Hong Kong (4 had been dead and 112 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 37 in Macao (10 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 283 in Taiwan (2 had been dead and 30 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
