Sept 11: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 25 new cases of confirmed infections (24 imported cases, 13 in Yunnan province, 3 in Henan province, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Shanxi province and 1 in Sichuan province, including 5 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 2 in Henan, 2 in Guangdong and 1 in Sichuan; 1 indigenous case in Putian, Fujian), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai), and no deaths. 50 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,197 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 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 8,592 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 7,986 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 606 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Sept 10, the National Health Commission had received reports of 95,153 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 89,786 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 731 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases. 1,169,405 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 12,090 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 21 new asymptomatic cases (16 imported cases; 5 indigenous cases, 4 in Putian and 1 in Guangzhou, Guangdong). 19 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 18 imported cases) and 5 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Sept 10, 371 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 345 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 10, 28,270 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,138 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,838 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 63 in Macao (62 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,069 in Taiwan (839 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).