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Dec 9: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Dec 9, 2020
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On Dec 8, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 15 new cases of confirmed infections (11 imported cases, 6 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and 1 in Sichuan province; 4 indigenous cases in Sichuan), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai), and no deaths. 11 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 163 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.
As of 24:00 on Dec 8, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 3,969 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 3,727 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 242 confirmed cases (including 3 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on Dec 8, the National Health Commission had received reports of 86,661 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 81,743 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 284 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases. 884,789 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 6,421 were still under medical observation.
On Dec 8, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1 new asymptomatic case (an indigenous case). 9 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 1 (imported case) became a confirmed case. As of 24:00 on Dec 8, 210 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 202 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on Dec 8, 7,839 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 7,075 in Hong Kong (112 had died and 5,696 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 718 in Taiwan (7 had died and 582 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
