Aug 7: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Aug 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 37 new cases of confirmed infections (10 imported cases, 7 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Jiangsu province and 1 in Sichuan province; 27 indigenous cases, 26 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and 1 in Beijing municipality), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai), and no deaths. 31 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 313 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 2.

As of 24:00 on Aug 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 2,120 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 2,014 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 106 confirmed cases (including 1 in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Aug 6, the National Health Commission had received reports of 84,565 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 79,088 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 843 confirmed cases (including 36 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases. 798,436 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 26,499 were still under medical observation.

On Aug 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 14 new asymptomatic cases (including 4 imported cases). 23 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 9 imported cases) and no asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Aug 6, 273 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 112 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Aug 6, 4,372 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 3,849 in Hong Kong (46 had died and 2,458 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 477 in Taiwan (7 had died and 441 had been cured and discharged from hospital).