March 15: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 3,602 new cases of confirmed infections (95 imported cases, 20 in Guangdong province, 17 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 12 in Shanghai municipality, 12 in Zhejiang province, 9 in Beijing municipality, 9 in Shandong province, 6 in Fujian province, 4 in Sichuan province, 3 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Jilin province and 1 in Hubei province, including 20 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 10 in Zhejiang, 3 in Guangdong, 3 in Sichuan, 2 in Tianjin, 1 in Beijing and 1 in Guangxi; 3,507 indigenous cases, 3,076 in Jilin including 2,601 in Jilin city, 460 in Changchun, 10 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 5 in Siping, 106 in Shandong including 48 in Qingdao, 19 in Binzhou, 12 in Zibo, 10 in Weihai, 7 in Weifang, 7 in Dezhou, 2 in Rizhao and 1 in Yantai, 53 in Shaanxi province including 40 in Baoji, 6 in Xi’an, 4 in Hanzhong, 2 in Tongchuan and 1 in Xianyang, 51 in Tianjin including 26 in Wuqing district, 7 in Binhai New Area, 4 in Hexi district, 4 in Nankai district, 3 in Hongqiao district, 3 in Xiqing district, 2 in Jinnan district and 2 in Baodi district, 48 in Guangdong including 39 in Shenzhen and 9 in Dongguan, 33 in Fujian including 31 in Quanzhou and 2 in Xiamen, 31 in Zhejiang including 16 in Jiaxing, 14 in Quzhou and 1 in Jinhua, 24 in Liaoning including 9 in Dalian, 8 in Yingkou, 6 in Shenyang and 1 in Fuxin, 20 in Jiangsu province including 15 in Changzhou, 3 in Lianyungang and 2 in Suzhou, 13 in Hebei province including 5 in Langfang, 4 in Handan and 4 in Cangzhou, 10 in Chongqing municipality including 7 in Shapingba district, 1 in Yubei district, 1 in Banan district and 1 in Yongchuan district, 9 in Shanghai including 3 in Minhang district, 2 in Huangpu district, 1 in Xuhui district, 1 in Hongkou district, 1 in Pudong New Area and 1 in Songjiang district, 7 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 7 in Gansu province including 4 in Lanzhou New Area, 2 in Lanzhou and 1 in Baiyin, 6 in Beijing including 2 in Dongcheng district, 2 in Chaoyang district, 1 in Xicheng district and 1 in Haidian district, 4 in Qinzhou, Guangxi, 4 in Yunnan province including 3 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 1 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 2 in Zunyi, Guizhou province, 1 in Ma’anshan, Anhui province, 1 in Yongcheng, Henan province and 1 in Changsha, Hunan province, including 73 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 43 in Shandong, 19 in Jilin province, 8 in Tianjin, 2 in Gansu and 1 in Jiangsu), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai), and no deaths. 149 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 7,251 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases remained the same.

As of 24:00 on March 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 16,432 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 13,820 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,612 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 6 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 14, the National Health Commission had received reports of 120,504 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 103,884 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 11,984 confirmed cases (including 8 cases in serious condition) and 6 suspected cases. 1,844,212 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 184,281 were still under medical observation.

On March 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,768 new asymptomatic cases (121 imported cases; 1,647 indigenous cases, 991 in Jilin including 979 in Jilin city, 5 in Siping, 3 in Changchun, 2 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 2 in Meihekou, 185 in Hebei including 169 in Langfang and 16 in Cangzhou, 130 in Shanghai including 24 in Jiading district, 23 in Minhang district, 22 in Pudong New Area, 21 in Huangpu district, 11 in Xuhui district, 9 in Songjiang district, 6 in Jing’an district, 4 in Jinshan district, 3 in Hongkou district, 3 in Fengxian district, 2 in Baoshan district, 1 in Changning district and 1 in Yangpu district, 107 in Shandong including 43 in Weihai, 27 in Zibo, 16 in Qingdao, 12 in Weifang, 6 in Dezhou, 2 in Binzhou and 1 in Yantai, 68 in Guangdong including 46 in Dongguan, 21 in Shenzhen and 1 in Zhongshan, 30 in Quanzhou, Fujian, 27 in Jiangsu including 9 in Lianyungang, 8 in Suzhou, 6 in Changzhou, 2 in Yangzhou, 1 in Nanjing and 1 in Wuxi, 24 in Yunnan including 18 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 6 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 20 in Gansu including 12 in Lanzhou, 6 in Baiyin and 2 in Lanzhou New Area, 19 in Guangxi including 11 in Chongzuo, 5 in Qinzhou and 3 in Fangchenggang, 11 in Anhui including 9 in Ma’anshan, 1 in Tongling and 1 in Bozhou, 9 in Liaoning including 8 in Dalian and 1 in Yingkou, 8 in Heilongjiang including 7 in Harbin and 1 in Mudanjiang, 7 in Zhejiang including 4 in Hangzhou, 2 in Quzhou and 1 in Huzhou, 4 in Tianjin including 2 in Wuqing district, 1 in Xiqing district and 1 in Binhai New Area, 2 in Shapingba district, Chongqing, 2 in Yibin, Sichuan, 2 in Zunyi, Guizhou and 1 in Yichun, Jiangxi province). 64 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 40 imported cases) and 93 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 20 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 14, 8,650 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,610 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 14, 284,856 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 263,411 in Hong Kong (4,279 had died and 28,318 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 21,363 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).