March 16: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 15, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,952 new cases of confirmed infections (92 imported cases, 24 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 21 in Guangdong province, 11 in Shandong province, 10 in Shanghai municipality, 9 in Sichuan province, 5 in Zhejiang province, 3 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Liaoning province, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Henan province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 20 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 6 in Sichuan, 5 in Zhejiang, 4 in Guangdong, 2 in Henan, 2 in Guangxi and 1 in Tianjin; 1,860 indigenous cases, 1,456 in Jilin province including 1,044 in Changchun, 393 in Jilin city, 11 in Siping, 7 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 1 in Baicheng, 75 in Shandong including 35 in Qingdao, 14 in Binzhou, 8 in Zibo, 8 in Dezhou, 7 in Weihai, 2 in Linyi and 1 in Yantai, 59 in Guangdong including 55 in Shenzhen, 1 in Shaoguan, 1 in Zhuhai, 1 in Dongguan and 1 in Zhongshan, 51 in Tianjin including 28 in Wuqing district, 11 in Xiqing district, 6 in Binhai New Area, 2 in Nankai district, 2 in Baodi district, 1 in Hebei district and 1 in Hongqiao district, 38 in Hebei province including 32 in Langfang, 5 in Cangzhou and 1 in Handan, 32 in Liaoning including 13 in Dalian, 11 in Yingkou and 8 in Shenyang, 28 in Shaanxi province including 13 in Baoji, 8 in Xi’an, 5 in Hanzhong, 1 in Tongchuan and 1 in Xianyang, 23 in Zhejiang including 15 in Quzhou, 7 in Jiaxing and 1 in Ningbo, 23 in Fujian including 21 in Quanzhou and 2 in Xiamen, 15 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 13 in Jiangsu province including 5 in Changzhou, 5 in Lianyungang, 1 in Nanjing, 1 in Zhenjiang and 1 in Suqian, 11 in Chongqing municipality including 9 in Shapingba district, 1 in Yubei district and 1 in Yongchuan district, 9 in Beijing including 5 in Chaoyang district and 4 in Dongcheng district, 6 in Yunnan including 4 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 2 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 5 in Shanghai including 2 in Pudong New Area, 1 in Xuhui district, 1 in Minhang district and 1 in Fengxian district, 5 in Guangxi including 4 in Qinzhou and 1 in Nanning, 5 in Gansu province including 4 in Lanzhou and 1 in Lanzhou New Area, 2 in Anhui province including 1 in Ma’anshan and 1 in Tongling, 2 in Zunyi, Guizhou province, 1 in Shiyan, Hubei province and 1 in Changsha, Hunan province, including 53 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 21 in Jilin province, 21 in Shandong, 4 in Tianjin, 2 in Fujian, 2 in Chongqing, 1 in Jiangsu, 1 in Guangdong and 1 in Gansu), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai), and no deaths. 156 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 8,101 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 3.

As of 24:00 on March 15, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 16,524 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 13,933 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,591 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 6 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 15, the National Health Commission had received reports of 122,456 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 104,040 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 13,780 confirmed cases (including 11 cases in serious condition) and 6 suspected cases. 1,883,384 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 214,982 were still under medical observation.

On March 15, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,338 new asymptomatic cases (144 imported cases; 1,194 indigenous cases, 397 in Jilin including 376 in Jilin city, 16 in Siping, 3 in Changchun, 1 in Songyuan and 1 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, 239 in Hebei including 225 in Langfang and 14 in Cangzhou, 197 in Shanghai including 40 in Pudong New Area, 30 in Minhang district, 23 in Xuhui district, 21 in Jiading district, 12 in Huangpu district, 11 in Baoshan district, 10 in Jing’an district, 10 in Songjiang district, 9 in Putuo district, 8 in Jinshan district, 7 in Qingpu district, 6 in Hongkou district, 4 in Changning district, 4 in Fengxian district and 2 in Yangpu district, 105 in Shandong including 33 in Binzhou, 25 in Qingdao, 21 in Weihai, 18 in Zibo, 7 in Weifang and 1 in Yantai, 60 in Jiangsu including 26 in Nanjing, 12 in Suzhou, 12 in Lianyungang, 6 in Changzhou, 2 in Wuxi, 1 in Yangzhou and 1 in Zhenjiang, 54 in Guangdong including 37 in Shenzhen, 16 in Dongguan and 1 in Guangzhou, 32 in Yunnan including 27 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 4 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture and 1 in Lincang, 20 in Guangxi including 10 in Chongzuo, 6 in Qinzhou, 2 in Beihai, 1 in Fangchenggang and 1 in Baise, 17 in Tianjin including 6 in Xiqing district, 6 in Wuqing district, 4 in Binhai New Area and 1 in Hongqiao district, 16 in Gansu including 9 in Lanzhou New Area, 6 in Lanzhou and 1 in Baiyin, 15 in Quanzhou, Fujian, 12 in Liaoning including 6 in Dalian, 5 in Shenyang and 1 in Fuxin, 11 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, 6 in Zhejiang including 2 in Hangzhou, 2 in Quzhou, 1 in Wenzhou and 1 in Huzhou, 5 in Anhui including 3 in Ma’anshan and 2 in Suzhou, 3 in Jiangxi province including 1 in Nanchang, 1 in Yichun and 1 in Fuzhou, 3 in Chongqing including 2 in Yongchuan district and 1 in Shapingba district, 1 in Shunyi district, Beijing and 1 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region). 51 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 39 imported cases) and 73 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 20 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 15, 9,864 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,695 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 15, 288,371 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 266,887 in Hong Kong (4,568 had died and 29,223 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 21,402 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).