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April 2: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Apr 2, 2021
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On April 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 9 new cases of confirmed infections (5 imported cases, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Hunan province, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Shaanxi province; 4 indigenous cases in Yunnan province), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai), and no deaths. 8 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 72 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 April 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 5,305 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 5,136 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 169 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on April 1, the National Health Commission had received reports of 90,226 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 85,402 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 188 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases. 990,865 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 6,015 were still under medical observation.
On April 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 20 new asymptomatic cases (16 imported cases, and 4 indigenous cases in Yunnan). 13 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and no asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on April 1, 295 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 265 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on April 1, 12,564 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 11,480 in Hong Kong (205 had died and 11,108 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 48 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 1,036 in Taiwan (10 had died and 983 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
