Oct 6: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Oct 5, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 26 new cases of confirmed infections (24 imported cases, 13 in Yunnan province, 4 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Jilin province, 1 in Heilongjiang province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Shandong province, including 1 confirmed case converting from an asymptomatic case in Jilin; 2 indigenous cases, 1 in Harbin, Heilongjiang and 1 in Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 44 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,285 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Oct 5, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 9,190 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 8,663 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 527 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 1 suspected case.

As of 24:00 on Oct 5, the National Health Commission had received reports of 96,310 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 90,836 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 838 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case. 1,203,454 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 26,852 were still under medical observation.

On Oct 5, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 12 new asymptomatic cases (11 imported cases; 1 indigenous case in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan). 7 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 1 asymptomatic case became a confirmed case. As of 24:00 on Oct 5, 352 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 338 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Oct 5, 28,574 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,237 in Hong Kong (213 had died and 11,931 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 75 in Macao (64 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,262 in Taiwan (844 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).