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April 29: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Apr 29, 2020
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On April 28, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 22 new cases of confirmed infections (1 indigenous case in Guangdong province and 21 imported cases), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both are imported cases, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and 1 in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 23 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 627 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases remained unchanged.
As of 24:00 on April 28, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had reported 1,660 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 1,107 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 553 confirmed cases (including 22 in serious condition) and 7 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on April 28, the National Health Commission had received reports of 82,858 confirmed cases and 4,633 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and in all 77,578 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 647 confirmed cases (including 50 in serious condition) and 10 suspected cases. So far, 731,910 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 8,283 are now under medical observation.
On April 28, Hubei province reported no new cases of confirmed infections, no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths.
As of 24:00 on April 28, Hubei had reported 68,128 cases of confirmed infections (including 50,333 in Wuhan) and 4,512 deaths (including 3,869 in Wuhan). In all, 63,616 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital, including 46,464 in Wuhan. There were no confirmed cases and no suspected cases.
On April 28, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 26 new asymptomatic cases (including 5 imported cases). 29 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 4 imported cases) and 1 (indigenous case) became a confirmed case. As of 24:00 on April 28, 993 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 131 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on April 28, 1,511 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 1,037 in Hong Kong (4 had been dead and 811 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 45 in Macao (33 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 429 in Taiwan (6 had been dead and 307 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
