March 24: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 2,054 new cases of confirmed infections (44 imported cases, 11 in Sichuan province, 10 in Shanghai municipality, 8 in Guangdong province, 7 in Zhejiang province, 5 in Jiangsu province and 3 in Fujian province, including 19 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 10 in Sichuan province, 7 in Zhejiang province and 2 in Guangdong province; 2,010 indigenous cases, 1,810 in Jilin province including 1,280 in Changchun, 512 in Jilin city, 9 in Siping, 5 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 4 in Tonghua, 69 in Fujian province including 65 in Quanzhou, 3 in Putian and 1 in Zhangzhou, 29 in Tianjin municipality including 7 in Xiqing district, 6 in Jinghai district, 5 in Hebei district, 3 in Dongli district, 2 in Hedong district, 2 in Hongqiao district, 2 in Beichen district, 1 in Nankai district and 1 in Ninghe district, 16 in Shandong province including 13 in Binzhou, 2 in Weihai and 1 in Qingdao, 12 in Jiangxi province including 11 in Nanchang and 1 in Jiujiang, 10 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 10 in Henan province including 5 in Zhoukou, 4 in Jiaozuo and 1 in Kaifeng, 9 in Liaoning province including 2 in Dalian, 2 in Tieling, 1 in Shenyang, 1 in Jinzhou, 1 in Liaoyang, 1 in Panjin and 1 in Huludao, 8 in Hebei province including 6 in Langfang, 1 in Tangshan and 1 in Qinhuangdao, 8 in Guangdong province including 5 in Shenzhen, 1 in Maoming, 1 in Dongguan and 1 in Zhongshan, 7 in Hunan province including 4 in Huaihua, 2 in Changsha and 1 in Yiyang, 4 in Beijing municipality including 3 in Dongcheng district and 1 in Chaoyang district, 4 in Shanghai municipality including 2 in Minhang district, 1 in Jiading district and 1 in Fengxian district, 4 in Zhejiang province including 2 in Quzhou, 1 in Hangzhou and 1 in Jiaxing, 4 in Lanzhou, Gansu province, 3 in Jiangsu province including 2 in Yancheng and 1 in Wuxi, 1 in Guang’an, Sichuan province, 1 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, and 1 in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, including 50 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 36 in Jilin province, 4 in Shandong province, 4 in Henan province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Jiangxi province), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 904 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 14,956 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 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,096 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 15,796 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 1,300 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 13 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 23, the National Health Commission had received reports of 139,285 confirmed cases and 4,638 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 108,394 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 26,253 confirmed cases (including 50 cases in serious condition) and 13 suspected cases. 2,126,193 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 367,261 were still under medical observation.

On March 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 2,829 new asymptomatic cases (107 imported cases; 2,722 indigenous cases, 979 in Shanghai municipality including 252 in Minhang district, 217 in Pudong New Area, 108 in Xuhui district, 69 in Baoshan district, 68 in Jiading district, 54 in Chongming district, 48 in Jing’an district, 34 in Putuo district, 34 in Songjiang district, 26 in Hongkou district, 20 in Huangpu district, 12 in Fengxian district, 11 in Changning district, 11 in Yangpu district, 10 in Qingpu district and 5 in Jinshan district, 791 in Jilin province including 531 in Jilin city, 253 in Changchun, 6 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 1 in Meihekou, 229 in Hebei province including 143 in Langfang and 86 in Tangshan, 170 in Shandong province including 149 in Binzhou, 7 in Qingdao, 5 in Weifang, 4 in Linyi, 3 in Weihai, 1 in Zibo and 1 in Yantai, 162 in Fujian province including 157 in Quanzhou, 3 in Putian and 2 in Fuzhou, 134 in Liaoning province including 64 in Yingkou, 37 in Dalian, 31 in Shenyang, 1 in Jinzhou and 1 in Huludao, 87 in Jiangxi province including 82 in Nanchang, 3 in Yichun and 2 in Jiujiang, 48 in Tianjin municipality including 22 in Xiqing district, 6 in Dongli district, 6 in Beichen district, 5 in Hebei district, 5 in Jinghai district, 3 in Nankai district and 1 in Binhai New Area, 27 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 25 in Gansu province including 14 in Lanzhou and 11 in Tianshui, 16 in Jiangsu province including 9 in Changzhou, 4 in Suzhou, 2 in Nantong and 1 in Nanjing, 15 in Yunnan province including 10 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 3 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture and 2 in Lincang, 8 in Anhui province including 6 in Tongling and 2 in Bengbu, 8 in Guangdong province including 4 in Shenzhen, 3 in Dongguan and 1 in Maoming, 8 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 6 in Fangchenggang and 2 in Guilin, 5 in Henan province including 3 in Jiaozuo, 1 in Luoyang and 1 in Zhoukou, 4 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region including 3 in Tongliao and 1 in Hohhot, 3 in Zhejiang province including 2 in Quzhou and 1 in Jiaxing, 2 in Xi’an, Shaanxi province and 1 in Xianning, Hubei province). 698 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 179 imported cases) and 69 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 19 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 23, 24,062 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,498 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 23, 302,580 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 280,310 in Hong Kong (6,569 had died and 37,579 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 22,188 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).