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May 6: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: May 6, 2021
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On May 5, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 5 new cases of confirmed infections (all were imported cases, 2 in Sichuan province, 2 in Yunnan province and 1 in Guangdong province), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 10 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,161 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 2.
As of 24:00 on May 5, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 5,728 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 5,444 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 284 confirmed cases (including 3 cases in serious condition) and 12 suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on May 5, the National Health Commission had received reports of 90,726 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 85,776 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 314 confirmed cases (including 3 cases in serious condition) and 12 suspected cases. 1,009,708 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 5,390 were still under medical observation.
On May 5, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 7 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 16 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 15 imported cases) and 2 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on May 5, 312 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 305 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on May 5, 13,005 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 11,796 in Hong Kong (210 had died and 11,462 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 49 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 1,160 in Taiwan (12 had died and 1,074 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
