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May 28: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: May 28, 2020
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On May 27, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2 new cases of confirmed infections (both are imported cases, 1 in Shanghai municipality and 1 in Fujian province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 8 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 368 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.
As of 24:00 on May 27, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had reported 1,734 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 1,688 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 46 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and 4 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on May 27, the National Health Commission had received reports of 82,995 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 78,288 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 73 confirmed cases (including 4 in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases. So far, 743,799 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 5,641 are now under medical observation.
On May 27, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 23 new asymptomatic cases (all are indigenous cases). 14 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 3 imported cases) and no asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on May 27, 413 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 24 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on May 27, 1,552 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 1,066 in Hong Kong (4 had been dead and 1,034 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 419 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
