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March 18: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

Updated: Mar 18, 2022 en.nhc.gov.cn Print
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On March 17, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 2,461 new cases of confirmed infections (73 imported cases, 19 in Zhejiang province, 15 in Guangdong province, 12 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 10 in Shanghai municipality, 7 in Beijing municipality, 3 in Fujian province, 3 in Shandong province, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Liaoning province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 13 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 9 in Zhejiang province, 3 in Guangdong province and 1 in Fujian province; 2,388 indigenous cases, 1,834 in Jilin province including 1,210 in Jilin city, 595 in Changchun, 26 in Siping, 2 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 1 in Songyuan, 113 in Fujian province including 111 in Quanzhou, 1 in Fuzhou and 1 in Xiamen, 74 in Guangdong province including 69 in Shenzhen, 4 in Dongguan and 1 in Zhuhai, 61 in Tianjin municipality including 27 in Wuqing district, 17 in Xiqing district, 4 in Nankai district, 3 in Hedong district, 3 in Jinnan district, 3 in Binhai New Area, 2 in Hongqiao district, 1 in Hebei district and 1 in Baodi district, 61 in Shandong province including 31 in Binzhou, 20 in Qingdao, 4 in Dezhou, 3 in Linyi, 2 in Yantai and 1 in Zibo, 57 in Shanghai municipality including 25 in Pudong New Area, 8 in Xuhui district, 7 in Huangpu district, 5 in Baoshan district, 5 in Jiading district, 4 in Minhang district, 1 in Jing’an district, 1 in Putuo district and 1 in Hongkou district, 46 in Liaoning province including 29 in Yingkou, 13 in Dalian and 4 in Shenyang, 33 in Shaanxi province including 20 in Baoji, 5 in Tongchuan, 4 in Xi’an and 4 in Hanzhong, 24 in Langfang, Hebei province, 16 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 16 in Gansu province including 15 in Lanzhou and 1 in Lanzhou New Area, 13 in Zhejiang province including 9 in Quzhou, 3 in Jiaxing and 1 in Zhoushan, 10 in Chongqing municipality including 9 in Shapingba district and 1 in Ba’nan district, 7 in Beijing municipality including 2 in Dongcheng district, 2 in Xicheng district, 2 in Chaoyang district and 1 in Fengtai district, 7 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region including 4 in Tongliao and 3 in Hohhot, 5 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, 4 in Jiangsu province including 2 in Changzhou, 1 in Lianyungang and 1 in Suqian, 2 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, 2 in Hunan province including 1 in Changsha and 1 in Yueyang, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 1 in Nanning and 1 in Guilin, and 1 in Luoyang, Henan province, including 24 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 6 in Fujian province, 5 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 3 in Shandong province, 3 in Guangdong province, 2 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Yunnan province and 1 in Gansu province), 6 new cases of suspected infections (all were imported cases in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 337 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 9,540 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 2.

As of 24:00 on March 17, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 16,688 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 14,320 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,368 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 19 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 17, the National Health Commission had received reports of 126,234 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 104,624 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 16,974 confirmed cases (including 18 cases in serious condition) and 19 suspected cases. 1,959,395 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 274,786 were still under medical observation.

On March 17, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,904 new asymptomatic cases (162 imported cases; 1,742 indigenous cases, 792 in Jilin province including 774 in Jilin city, 11 in Siping and 7 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, 203 in Shanghai municipality including 79 in Minhang district, 30 in Jiading district, 27 in Xuhui district, 12 in Huangpu district, 11 in Pudong New Area, 10 in Songjiang district, 9 in Baoshan district, 6 in Putuo district, 6 in Hongkou district, 3 in Jing’an district, 3 in Chongming district, 2 in Yangpu district, 2 in Fengxian district, 1 in Changning district, 1 in Jinshan district and 1 in Qingpu district, 193 in Hebei province including 185 in Langfang and 8 in Cangzhou, 162 in Shandong province including 91 in Binzhou, 34 in Weihai, 16 in Zibo, 7 in Weifang, 5 in Qingdao, 5 in Liaocheng, 3 in Dezhou and 1 in Yantai, 83 in Fujian province including 81 in Quanzhou, 1 in Fuzhou and 1 in Putian, 79 in Liaoning province including 42 in Yingkou, 25 in Dalian and 12 in Shenyang, 61 in Guangdong province including 36 in Shenzhen and 25 in Dongguan, 47 in Jiangsu province including 22 in Changzhou, 14 in Lianyungang, 8 in Nanjing, 2 in Suzhou and 1 in Zhenjiang, 35 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 25 in Yunnan province including 24 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 1 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 20 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 10 in Qinzhou, 5 in Chongzuo, 2 in Fangchenggang, 2 in Baise and 1 in Beihai, 10 in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, 10 in Lanzhou, Gansu province, 6 in Chongqing municipality including 3 in Yongchuan district, 1 in Shapingba district, 1 in Ba’nan district and 1 in Jiangjin district, 5 in Jiangxi province including 4 in Nanchang and 1 in Jiujiang, 4 in Anhui province including 3 in Tongling and 1 in Ma’anshan, 3 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region including 2 in Hohhot and 1 in Tongliao, 2 in Tianjin municipality including 1 in Dongli district and 1 in Wuqing district, 1 in Dongcheng district, Beijing municipality and 1 in Chengdu, Sichuan province). 110 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 76 imported cases) and 37 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 13 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 17, 12,786 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,802 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 17, 293,900 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 272,235 in Hong Kong (5,136 had died and 31,393 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 21,583 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).

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