Sept 3: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 2, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 28 new cases of confirmed infections (all were imported cases, 9 in Yunnan province, 8 in Shanghai municipality, 5 in Guangdong province, 2 in Henan province, 1 in Heilongjiang province, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Shaanxi province, including 4 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 2 in Guangdong, 1 in Henan and 1 in Sichuan), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai), and no deaths. 70 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,848 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Sept 2, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 8,395 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 7,775 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 620 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Sept 2, the National Health Commission had received reports of 94,954 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 89,383 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 935 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases. 1,165,275 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 17,000 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 2, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 22 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 20 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 4 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Sept 2, 433 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 378 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 2, 28,182 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,113 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,799 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 63 in Macao (60 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,006 in Taiwan (837 had died and 13,692 had been cured and discharged from hospital).