March 11: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 555 new cases of confirmed infections (158 imported cases, 51 in Guangdong province, 32 in Shanghai municipality, 21 in Gansu province, 15 in Beijing municipality, 9 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 6 in Tianjin municipality, 6 in Sichuan province, 4 in Hubei province, 3 in Henan province, 2 in Heilongjiang province, 2 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Anhui province, 2 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Jilin province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 20 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 8 in Guangdong, 6 in Sichuan, 2 in Zhejiang, 2 in Henan, 1 in Beijing and 1 in Tianjin; 397 indigenous cases, 121 in Shandong province including 103 in Qingdao, 8 in Weihai, 6 in Dezhou, 3 in Yantai and 1 in Zibo, 98 in Jilin including 93 in Jilin city, 3 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 2 in Changchun, 36 in Jiangsu province including 34 in Lianyungang and 2 in Nanjing, 26 in Gansu including 15 in Lanzhou New Area, 8 in Baiyin and 3 in Lanzhou, 18 in Tianjin including 10 in Xiqing district, 3 in Jinnan district, 2 in Dongli district, 1 in Hedong district, 1 in Nankai district and 1 in Hongqiao district, 18 in Shaanxi province including 8 in Baoji, 8 in Xi’an and 2 in Hanzhong, 16 in Hebei province including 7 in Cangzhou, 5 in Langfang, 3 in Xingtai and 1 in Baoding, 16 in Zhejiang including 13 in Hangzhou and 3 in Quzhou, 11 in Shanghai including 4 in Pudong New Area, 2 in Hongkou district, 2 in Minhang district, 1 in Jiading district, 1 in Jinshan district and 1 in Qingpu district, 11 in Guangdong including 9 in Shenzhen, 1 in Guangzhou and 1 in Dongguan, 8 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, 5 in Beijing including 2 in Chaoyang district, 2 in Haidian district and 1 in Daxing district, 5 in Yunnan including 4 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 1 in Kunming, 4 in Shenyang, Liaoning province, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region including 1 in Hohhot and 1 in Alshaa League, 1 in Puyang, Henan and 1 in Xining, Qinghai province, including 21 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 10 in Shandong, 2 in Jilin province, 2 in Gansu, 1 in Beijing, 1 in Tianjin, 1 in Inner Mongolia, 1 in Liaoning, 1 in Henan, 1 in Guangdong and 1 in Qinghai), 3 new cases of suspected infections (all were imported cases in Shanghai), and no deaths. 141 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 10,050 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on March 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 15,994 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 13,454 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,540 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and 7 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 10, the National Health Commission had received reports of 112,940 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 103,280 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 5,024 confirmed cases (including 6 cases in serious condition) and 7 suspected cases. 1,745,633 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 118,813 were still under medical observation.

On March 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 814 new asymptomatic cases (111 imported cases; 703 indigenous cases, 255 in Shandong including 221 in Qingdao, 31 in Weihai and 3 in Zibo, 167 in Guangdong including 165 in Dongguan and 2 in Shenzhen, 148 in Jilin including 123 in Jilin city, 21 in Changchun, 1 in Siping, 1 in Songyuan, 1 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 1 in Meihekou, 64 in Shanghai including 13 in Minhang district, 11 in Baoshan district, 9 in Songjiang district, 6 in Xuhui district, 6 in Pudong New Area, 4 in Putuo district, 4 in Hongkou district, 4 in Qingpu district, 3 in Jiading district, 2 in Jing’an district, 1 in Huangpu district and 1 in Changning district, 25 in Yunnan including 18 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 6 in Kunming and 1 in Lincang, 16 in Hebei including 12 in Langfang, 3 in Cangzhou and 1 in Xingtai, 12 in Jiangsu including 5 in Lianyungang, 3 in Nanjing, 2 in Suzhou, 1 in Nantong and 1 in Yangzhou, 6 in Guangxi including 5 in Fangchenggang and 1 in Baise, 4 in Baiyin, Gansu, 2 in Beijing including 1 in Chaoyang district and 1 in Haidian district, 2 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, 1 in Puyang, Henan and 1 in Xianning, Hubei). 39 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 32 imported cases) and 41 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 20 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 10, 3,972 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,387 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 10, 267,298 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 246,135 in Hong Kong (3,150 had died and 25,365 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 21,081 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).