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June 21: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Jun 21, 2021
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On June 20, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 17 new cases of confirmed infections (16 imported cases, 6 in Guangdong province, 3 in Yunnan province, 2 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Henan province and 1 in Sichuan province; 1 indigenous case in Guangdong), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 8 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 347 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.
As of 24:00 on June 20, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 6,414 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 6,042 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 372 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case.
As of 24:00 on June 20, the National Health Commission had received reports of 91,604 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 86,449 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 519 confirmed cases (including 17 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case. 1,049,675 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 17,731 were still under medical observation.
On June 20, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 19 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 11 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 4 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on June 20, 462 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 441 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on June 20, 25,944 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 11,886 in Hong Kong (210 had died and 11,614 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 53 in Macao (51 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 14,005 in Taiwan (549 had died and 1,133 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
