March 13: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 12, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,938 new cases of confirmed infections (131 imported cases, 39 in Zhejiang province, 34 in Guangdong province, 13 in Shanghai municipality, 12 in Beijing municipality, 11 in Shandong province, 6 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Liaoning province, 4 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Jilin province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Anhui province and 1 in Fujian province, including 45 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 39 in Zhejiang, 2 in Beijing, 2 in Tianjin, 1 in Anhui and 1 in Sichuan; 1,807 indigenous cases, 1,412 in Jilin including 831 in Changchun, 571 in Jilin city, 9 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 1 in Siping, 175 in Shandong including 150 in Qingdao, 13 in Dezhou, 5 in Zibo, 5 in Weihai, 1 in Rizhao and 1 in Binzhou, 62 in Guangdong including 60 in Shenzhen and 2 in Dongguan, 39 in Shaanxi province including 31 in Baoji, 6 in Xi’an and 2 in Hanzhong, 33 in Hebei province including 23 in Langfang, 9 in Cangzhou and 1 in Baoding, 23 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, 17 in Tianjin including 8 in Xiqing district, 5 in Wuqing district, 3 in Hexi district and 1 in Jinnan district, 15 in Zhejiang including 12 in Hangzhou, 1 in Jiaxing, 1 in Huzhou and 1 in Quzhou, 8 in Shapingba district, Chongqing municipality, 6 in Beijing including 3 in Chaoyang district, 1 in Haidian district, 1 in Mentougou district and 1 in Shunyi district, 5 in Gansu province including 4 in Lanzhou New Area and 1 in Lanzhou, 3 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 2 in Zunyi, Guizhou province, 2 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, 1 in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Shenyang, Liaoning, 1 in Minhang district, Shanghai, 1 in Puyang, Henan province and 1 in Xiangtan, Hunan province, including 114 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 111 in Shandong, 1 in Beijing, 1 in Zhejiang and 1 in Henan), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 169 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 8,084 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases remained unchanged.

As of 24:00 on March 12, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 16,237 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 13,650 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,587 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and 4 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 12, the National Health Commission had received reports of 115,466 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 103,600 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 7,230 confirmed cases (including 6 cases in serious condition) and 4 suspected cases. 1,786,279 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 142,351 were still under medical observation.

On March 12, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,455 new asymptomatic cases (140 imported cases; 1,315 indigenous cases, 744 in Jilin including 697 in Jilin city, 42 in Changchun, 3 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, 1 in Siping and 1 in Meihekou, 194 in Guangdong including 188 in Dongguan and 6 in Shenzhen, 172 in Shandong including 78 in Qingdao, 74 in Weihai, 11 in Zibo, 4 in Dezhou, 2 in Weifang, 1 in Yantai, 1 in Liaocheng and 1 in Binzhou, 64 in Shanghai including 35 in Pudong New Area, 10 in Minhang district, 4 in Jinshan district, 3 in Huangpu district, 3 in Baoshan district, 3 in Jiading district, 2 in Changning district, 1 in Xuhui district, 1 in Jing’an district, 1 in Putuo district and 1 in Songjiang district, 40 in Hebei including 33 in Langfang, 6 in Cangzhou and 1 in Shijiazhuang, 36 in Gansu including 19 in Lanzhou New Area, 9 in Baiyin and 8 in Lanzhou, 20 in Yunnan including 18 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 1 in Kunming and 1 in Lincang, 19 in Jiangsu including 16 in Lianyungang, 2 in Suqian and 1 in Yangzhou, 9 in Tianjin including 4 in Wuqing district, 1 in Hedong district, 1 in Hexi district, 1 in Nankai district, 1 in Xiqing district and 1 in Binhai New Area, 9 in Guangxi including 4 in Chongzuo, 3 in Liuzhou and 2 in Fangchenggang, 4 in Shaanxi including 3 in Xi’an and 1 in Baoji, 2 in Dandong, Liaoning, 1 in Chaoyang district, Beijing and 1 in Shapingba district, Chongqing). 85 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 61 imported cases) and 159 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 45 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 12, 6,287 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,486 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 12, 276,250 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 254,943 in Hong Kong (3,729 had died and 27,202 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 21,225 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).