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Nov 22: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Nov 22, 2020
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On Nov 21, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 17 new cases of confirmed infections (14 imported cases, 4 in Fujian province, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and 1 in Sichuan province; 3 indigenous cases, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and 1 in Shanghai), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 9 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,107 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 4.
As of 24:00 on Nov 21, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 3,775 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 3,474 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 301 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and no suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on Nov 21, the National Health Commission had received reports of 86,431 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 81,481 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 316 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 876,138 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 11,375 were still under medical observation.
On Nov 21, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 11 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 23 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 1 (imported case) became a confirmed case. As of 24:00 on Nov 21, 365 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 361 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on Nov 21, 6,217 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 5,560 in Hong Kong (108 had died and 5,248 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 611 in Taiwan (7 had died and 546 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
