Nov 25: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Nov 24, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 24 new cases of confirmed infections (22 imported cases, 4 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Guangdong province, 4 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 3 in Yunnan province, 2 in Shandong province, 2 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Jilin province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Sichuan province; 2 indigenous cases in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai), and no deaths. 68 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 3,074 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Nov 24, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 10,082 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 9,691 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 391 confirmed cases (including 3 cases in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Nov 24, the National Health Commission had received reports of 98,570 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 93,020 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 914 confirmed cases (including 8 cases in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases. 1,310,344 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 27,693 were still under medical observation.

On Nov 24, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 22 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 17 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 14 imported cases) and no asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Nov 24, 494 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 368 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Nov 24, 29,032 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,411 in Hong Kong (213 had died and 12,123 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 77 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,544 in Taiwan (848 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).