Jan 2: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Jan 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 191 new cases of confirmed infections (60 imported cases, 18 in Shanghai municipality, 10 in Guangdong province, 9 in Fujian province, 8 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 5 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Sichuan province, 2 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Shandong province, 1 in Liaoning province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 6 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 2 in Guangdong, 2 in Sichuan, 1 in Zhejiang and 1 in Shandong; 131 indigenous cases, 123 in Shaanxi province including 122 in Xi'an and 1 in Yan'an, 7 in Ningbo, Zhejiang and 1 in Luoyang, Henan province, including 1 confirmed case converting from an asymptomatic case in Henan), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai), and no deaths. 64 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 4,803 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases increased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Jan 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 11,199 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 10,377 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 822 confirmed cases (including 3 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case.

As of 24:00 on Jan 1, the National Health Commission had received reports of 102,505 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 94,856 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 3,013 confirmed cases (including 16 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case. 1,427,650 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 42,965 were still under medical observation.

On Jan 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 52 new asymptomatic cases (48 imported cases; 4 indigenous cases in Luoyang, Henan). 9 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 8 imported cases) and 7 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 6 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Jan 1, 550 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 519 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Jan 1, 29,796 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,667 in Hong Kong (213 had died and 12,209 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 79 in Macao (77 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 17,050 in Taiwan (850 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).