Aug 10: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Aug 9, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 49 new cases of confirmed infections (35 imported cases, 18 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Shandong province, 4 in Sichuan province, 3 in Guangdong province, 3 in Shaanxi province, 2 in Liaoning province and 1 in Zhejiang province; 14 indigenous cases in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai), and no deaths. 64 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 2,305 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 2.

As of 24:00 on Aug 9, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 2,169 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 2,037 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 132 confirmed cases (including 1 in serious condition) and 7 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Aug 9, the National Health Commission had received reports of 84,668 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 79,232 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 802 confirmed cases (including 41 cases in serious condition) and 7 suspected cases. 800,809 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 24,055 were still under medical observation.

On Aug 9, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 31 new asymptomatic cases (including 24 imported cases). 15 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 4 imported cases) and 3 cases became confirmed cases (all were imported cases). As of 24:00 on Aug 9, 283 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 136 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Aug 9, 4,602 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 4,079 in Hong Kong (52 had died and 2,847 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).