Aug 1: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On July 31, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 45 new cases of confirmed infections (6 imported cases, 4 in Shanghai municipality and 2 in Guangdong province; 39 indigenous cases, 31 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and 8 in Liaoning province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 15 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 589 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 2.

As of 24:00 on July 31, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 2,069 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 1,989 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 80 confirmed cases (including 3 in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on July 31, the National Health Commission had received reports of 84,337 confirmed cases and 4,634 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 78,989 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 714 confirmed cases (including 39 cases in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases. 789,742 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 20,278 were still under medical observation.

On July 31, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 23 new asymptomatic cases (including 11 imported cases). 12 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 5 imported cases) and 5 cases became confirmed cases (all were indigenous cases). As of 24:00 on July 31, 252 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 99 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on July 31, 3,785 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 3,272 in Hong Kong (27 had died and 1,751 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 467 in Taiwan (7 had died and 441 had been cured and discharged from hospital).