Nov 26: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Nov 25, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 21 new cases of confirmed infections (12 imported cases, 5 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Guangdong province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Sichuan province; 9 indigenous cases in Inner Mongolia autonomous region), 3 new cases of suspected infections (2 imported cases in Shanghai and 1 indigenous case in Inner Mongolia), and no deaths. 20 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 925 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Nov 25, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 3,821 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 3,543 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 278 confirmed cases (including 3 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Nov 25, the National Health Commission had received reports of 86,490 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 81,550 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 306 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases. 877,922 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 10,768 were still under medical observation.

On Nov 25, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 5 new asymptomatic cases (including 4 imported cases). 15 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 4 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 2 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Nov 25, 321 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 317 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Nov 25, 6,535 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 5,866 in Hong Kong (108 had died and 5,295 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 623 in Taiwan (7 had died and 553 had been cured and discharged from hospital).