Sept 7: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 36 new cases of confirmed infections (all were imported cases, 22 in Yunnan province, 4 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Fujian province, 2 in Liaoning province, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Shandong province, including 3 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 1 in Zhejiang, 1 in Fujian and 1 in Guangdong), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 50 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,431 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 2.

As of 24:00 on Sept 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 8,504 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 7,879 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 625 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Sept 6, the National Health Commission had received reports of 95,064 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 89,602 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 826 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 1,167,006 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 14,217 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 10 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 22 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 17 imported cases) and 3 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Sept 6, 401 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 366 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 6, 28,221 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,123 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,821 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 63 in Macao (61 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,035 in Taiwan (837 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).

Note: The number of cases that had been cured and discharged from hospital in Taiwan has been revised.