Sept 12: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 46 new cases of confirmed infections (26 imported cases, 11 in Yunnan province, 6 in Guangdong province, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Henan province, including 4 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 3 in Guangdong and 1 in Fujian; 20 indigenous cases in Fujian, 19 in Putian and 1 in Quanzhou, including 1 confirmed case converting from an asymptomatic case), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 37 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 883 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 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 8,618 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 8,017 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 601 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Sept 11, the National Health Commission had received reports of 95,199 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 89,823 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 740 confirmed cases (including 7 cases in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases. 1,170,339 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 12,140 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 44 new asymptomatic cases (26 imported cases; 18 indigenous cases in Fujian, 17 in Putian and 1 in Quanzhou). 14 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 5 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases, including 4 imported cases. As of 24:00 on Sept 11, 396 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 353 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 11, 28,279 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,142 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,841 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 63 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,074 in Taiwan (839 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).