Sept 9: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 8, 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, 17 in Yunnan province, 4 in Guangdong province, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Fujian province, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Hubei province and 1 in Sichuan 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. 37 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,160 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases remained unchanged.

As of 24:00 on Sept 8, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 8,551 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 7,927 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 624 confirmed cases (including 8 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case.

As of 24:00 on Sept 8, the National Health Commission had received reports of 95,111 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 89,689 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 786 confirmed cases (including 8 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case. 1,168,105 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 12,490 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 8, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 9 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 20 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 16 imported cases) and 3 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Sept 8, 376 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 348 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 8, 28,250 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,131 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,831 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 63 in Macao (61 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,056 in Taiwan (837 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).