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May 4: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: May 4, 2021
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On May 3, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 17 new cases of confirmed infections (all were imported cases, 6 in Sichuan province, 4 in Guangdong province, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Shandong province, 1 in Jiangsu province and 1 in Yunnan province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 15 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 122 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 May 3, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 5,716 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 5,424 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 292 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and 6 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on May 3, the National Health Commission had received reports of 90,714 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 85,753 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 325 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and 6 suspected cases. 1,009,335 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 7,006 were still under medical observation.
On May 3, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 20 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 13 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 5 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on May 3, 328 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 319 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on May 3, 12,980 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 11,786 in Hong Kong (210 had died and 11,447 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 49 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 1,145 in Taiwan (12 had died and 1,058 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
