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April 2: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Apr 2, 2020
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On April 1, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 35 new cases of confirmed infections (all are imported cases), 20 new cases of suspected infections (all are imported cases), and 6 deaths (all in Hubei province). 170 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,898 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 37.
As of 24:00 on April 1, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had reported 841 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 140 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 701 confirmed cases (including 18 in serious condition) and 152 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on April 1, the National Health Commission had received 81,589 reports of confirmed cases and 3,318 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and in all 76,408 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 1,863 confirmed cases (including 429 in serious condition) and 153 suspected cases. So far, 709,570 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 20,072 are now under medical observation.
On April 1, Hubei reported no new cases of confirmed infections, no new cases of suspected infections, and 6 deaths (all in Wuhan). 145 patients (all in Wuhan) were released from hospital after being cured.
As of 24:00 on April 1, Hubei had reported 67,802 cases of confirmed infections (including 50,007 in Wuhan) and 3,199 deaths (including 2,559 in Wuhan). In all, 63,471 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital, including 46,320 in Wuhan. There still remained 1,132 confirmed cases (including 1,128 in Wuhan), with 400 in serious condition (including 397 in Wuhan). There were no suspected cases.
On April 1, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 55 new asymptomatic cases (including 17 imported cases). 338 asymptomatic cases were freed from quarantine (including 12 imported cases) and 9 became confirmed cases (all are imported cases). As of 24:00 on April 1, 1,075 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 226 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on April 1, 1,135 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 765 in Hong Kong (4 had been dead and 147 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 41 in Macao (10 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 329 in Taiwan (5 had been dead and 45 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
