Aug 4: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Aug 3, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 36 new cases of confirmed infections (6 imported cases, 4 in Guangdong province, 1 in Shanghai municipality and 1 in Sichuan province; 30 indigenous cases, 28 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and 2 in Liaoning province), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai), and no deaths. 17 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 547 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Aug 3, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 2,098 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 2,001 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 97 confirmed cases (including 2 in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Aug 3, the National Health Commission had received reports of 84,464 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 79,030 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 800 confirmed cases (including 36 cases in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases. 792,481 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 21,743 were still under medical observation.

On Aug 3, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 21 new asymptomatic cases (including 12 imported cases). 12 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 1 imported case) and 2 cases became confirmed cases (including 1 imported case). As of 24:00 on Aug 3, 264 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 112 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Aug 3, 4,109 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 3,589 in Hong Kong (38 had died and 2,037 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 474 in Taiwan (7 had died and 441 had been cured and discharged from hospital).