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March 1: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Mar 1, 2021
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On Feb 28, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 19 new cases of confirmed infections (all were imported cases, 9 in Sichuan province, 6 in Guangdong province, 2 in Beijing municipality and 2 in Shanghai municipality), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 27 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 166 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases remained unchanged.
As of 24:00 on Feb 28, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 5,009 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 4,838 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 171 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case.
As of 24:00 on Feb 28, the National Health Commission had received reports of 89,912 confirmed cases and 4,636 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 85,066 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 210 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 1 suspected case. 978,836 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 4,715 were still under medical observation.
On Feb 28, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 13 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 15 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 12 imported cases) and 1 (imported case) became a confirmed case. As of 24:00 on Feb 28, 254 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 249 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on Feb 28, 12,008 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 11,005 in Hong Kong (199 had died and 10,536 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 48 in Macao (47 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 955 in Taiwan (9 had died and 919 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
