July 24: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On July 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 35 new cases of confirmed infections (22 imported cases, 5 in Guangdong province, 5 in Yunnan province, 4 in Fujian province, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Henan province and 1 in Hubei province; 13 indigenous cases, 12 in Jiangsu province and 1 in Sichuan), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 17 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 484 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on July 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 7,183 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 6,617 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 566 confirmed cases (including 15 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on July 23, the National Health Commission had received reports of 92,497 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 87,180 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 681 confirmed cases (including 16 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases. 1,074,416 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 9,761 were still under medical observation.

On July 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 20 new asymptomatic cases (16 imported cases; 4 indigenous cases in Jiangsu). 23 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 4 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on July 23, 444 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 415 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on July 23, 27,564 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 11,973 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,693 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 56 in Macao (53 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 15,535 in Taiwan (784 had died and 12,501 had been cured and discharged from hospital).