Sept 13: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 12, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 49 new cases of confirmed infections (27 imported cases, 17 in Yunnan province, 5 in Shanghai municipality, 3 in Guangdong province, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Shaanxi province, including 1 confirmed case converting from an asymptomatic case in Sichuan; 22 indigenous cases in Fujian province, 15 in Putian, 6 in Quanzhou and 1 in Xiamen, including 2 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 38 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 639 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 12, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 8,645 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 8,048 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 597 confirmed cases (including 6 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases (increased by 1 after verification).

As of 24:00 on Sept 12, the National Health Commission had received reports of 95,248 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 89,861 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 751 confirmed cases (including 6 cases in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases (increased by 1 after verification). 1,171,158 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 12,320 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 12, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 28 new asymptomatic cases (15 imported cases; 13 indigenous cases in Putian, Fujian). 10 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 8 imported cases) and 3 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 1 imported case). As of 24:00 on Sept 12, 411 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 359 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 12, 28,296 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,145 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,846 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 63 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,088 in Taiwan (839 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).