Oct 27: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Oct 26, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 59 new cases of confirmed infections (9 imported cases, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Shandong province and 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, including 3 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 1 in Tianjin, 1 in Liaoning and 1 in Guangdong; 50 indigenous cases, 32 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region including 31 in Alshaa League and 1 in Xiliin Gol League, 5 in Zunyi, Guizhou province, 4 in Rizhao, Shandong, 4 in Gansu province including 3 in Lanzhou and 1 in Longnan, 3 in Beijing municipality including 2 in Changping district and 1 in Fengtai district, and 2 in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, including 6 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 5 in Guizhou and 1 in Beijing), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 19 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 429 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 6.

As of 24:00 on Oct 26, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 9,530 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 9,151 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 379 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 3 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Oct 26, the National Health Commission had received reports of 96,899 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 91,620 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 643 confirmed cases (including 27 cases in serious condition) and 4 suspected cases. 1,237,350 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 36,743 were still under medical observation.

On Oct 26, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 26 new asymptomatic cases (22 imported cases; 4 indigenous cases, 3 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province and 1 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province). 9 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 9 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 3 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Oct 26, 392 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 359 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Oct 26, 28,787 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,330 in Hong Kong (213 had died and 12,029 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 77 in Macao (66 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,380 in Taiwan (847 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).