News
May 26: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: May 26, 2020
en.nhc.gov.cn
Print
Share - WeChat
On May 25, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 7 new cases of confirmed infections (all are imported cases, 5 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Shanghai municipality and 1 in Fujian province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 9 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 218 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 May 25, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had reported 1,731 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 1,685 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 46 confirmed cases (including 1 in serious condition) and 4 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on May 25, the National Health Commission had received reports of 82,992 confirmed cases and 4,634 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and in all 78,277 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 81 confirmed cases (including 7 in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases. So far, 743,188 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 5,616 are now under medical observation.
On May 25, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 29 new asymptomatic cases (including 1 imported case). 22 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 1 imported case) and no asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on May 25, 403 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 28 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on May 25, 1,551 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 1,065 in Hong Kong (4 had been dead and 1,030 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 45 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 441 in Taiwan (7 had been dead and 415 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
