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Jan 7: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Jan 7, 2021
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On Jan 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 63 new cases of confirmed infections (11 imported cases, 5 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Hebei province, 2 in Guangdong province and 2 in Shaanxi province; 52 indigenous cases, 51 in Hebei and 1 in Liaoning province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 21 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 699 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.
As of 24:00 on Jan 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 4,359 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 4,079 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 280 confirmed cases (including 4 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on Jan 6, the National Health Commission had received reports of 87,278 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 82,159 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 485 confirmed cases (including 13 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 915,142 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 19,582 were still under medical observation.
On Jan 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 79 new asymptomatic cases (including 8 imported cases). 12 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 9 imported cases) and 4 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 1 imported case). As of 24:00 on Jan 6, 423 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 244 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on Jan 6, 9,939 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 9,074 in Hong Kong (154 had died and 8,201 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 819 in Taiwan (7 had died and 700 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
