March 28: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 27, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,275 new cases of confirmed infections (56 imported cases, 14 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 12 in Sichuan province, 10 in Shanghai municipality, 6 in Guangdong province, 4 in Jilin province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 3 in Fujian province, 2 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Heilongjiang province and 1 in Henan province, including 15 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 10 in Sichuan province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Henan province and 1 in Guangdong province; 1,219 indigenous cases, 1,086 in Jilin province including 706 in Changchun, 367 in Jilin city, 11 in Siping, 1 in Liaoyuan and 1 in Songyuan, 50 in Shanghai municipality including 20 in Minhang district, 6 in Xuhui district, 5 in Baoshan district, 4 in Jing’an district, 4 in Putuo district, 4 in Pudong New Area, 3 in Jiading district, 2 in Huangpu district, 1 in Hongkou district and 1 in Songjiang district, 12 in Liaoning province including 5 in Shenyang, 4 in Huludao, 2 in Anshan and 1 in Yingkou, 10 in Heilongjiang province including 9 in Harbin and 1 in Qitaihe, 9 in Fujian province including 8 in Quanzhou and 1 in Nanping, 9 in Henan province including 8 in Zhoukou and 1 in Luohe, 8 in Tianjin municipality including 4 in Xiqing district, 2 in Jinghai district, 1 in Hexi district and 1 in Hebei district, 8 in Shandong province including 4 in Tai’an, 3 in Binzhou and 1 in Zibo, 7 in Hebei province including 3 in Langfang, 2 in Tangshan and 2 in Qinhuangdao, 4 in Guangdong province including 2 in Zhaoqing, 1 in Shenzhen and 1 in Dongguan, 4 in Ankang, Shaanxi province, 3 in Jiangsu province including 2 in Taizhou and 1 in Xuzhou, 3 in Anhui province including 1 in Wuhu, 1 in Huainan and 1 in Lu’an, 2 in Zhejiang province including 1 in Jiaxing and 1 in Taizhou, 1 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, 1 in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province and 1 in Lanzhou, Gansu province, including 217 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 201 in Jilin province, 4 in Fujian province, 4 in Shaanxi province, 3 in Shandong province, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Liaoning province), 6 new cases of suspected infections (all were imported cases in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 1,097 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 26,867 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 5.

As of 24:00 on March 27, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,309 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 16,395 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 914 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 19 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 27, the National Health Commission had received reports of 144,515 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 112,132 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 27,745 confirmed cases (including 58 cases in serious condition) and 19 suspected cases. 2,236,344 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 379,771 were still under medical observation.

On March 27, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 5,134 new asymptomatic cases (138 imported cases; 4,996 indigenous cases, 3,450 in Shanghai municipality including 1,420 in Pudong New Area, 596 in Minhang district, 274 in Xuhui district, 249 in Jiading district, 237 in Chongming district, 189 in Songjiang district, 89 in Baoshan district, 67 in Putuo district, 65 in Jing’an district, 55 in Huangpu district, 46 in Changning district, 45 in Fengxian district, 43 in Qingpu district, 35 in Yangpu district, 26 in Hongkou district and 14 in Jinshan district, 907 in Jilin province including 571 in Jilin city, 330 in Changchun, 5 in Siping and 1 in Songyuan, 179 in Fujian province including 176 in Quanzhou and 3 in Zhangzhou, 144 in Hebei province including 108 in Tangshan, 35 in Langfang and 1 in Shijiazhuang, 114 in Liaoning province including 65 in Shenyang, 38 in Yingkou, 8 in Dalian, 2 in Jinzhou and 1 in Liaoyang, 58 in Shandong province including 38 in Binzhou, 16 in Weifang, 1 in Qingdao, 1 in Tai’an, 1 in Weihai and 1 in Liaocheng, 35 in Anhui province including 14 in Huainan, 12 in Wuhu, 6 in Tongling, 1 in Huaibei, 1 in Chuzhou and 1 in Fuyang, 18 in Guangdong province including 6 in Shenzhen, 5 in Zhaoqing, 3 in Dongguan, 1 in Foshan, 1 in Maoming, 1 in Shanwei and 1 in Qingyuan, 16 in Jiangsu province including 7 in Suzhou, 5 in Nantong, 1 in Nanjing, 1 in Xuzhou, 1 in Yangzhou and 1 in Suqian, 15 in Heilongjiang province including 7 in Harbin, 7 in Jiamusi and 1 in Hegang, 12 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 9 in Fangchenggang, 2 in Guilin and 1 in Chongzuo, 11 in Yunnan province including 5 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 4 in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture and 2 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 11 in Gansu province including 10 in Lanzhou and 1 in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, 8 in Tianjin municipality including 3 in Hebei district, 2 in Hedong district, 2 in Xiqing district and 1 in Hexi district, 7 in Jiangxi province including 6 in Nanchang and 1 in Shangrao, 5 in Henan province including 3 in Luohe, 1 in Nanyang and 1 in Zhoukou, 3 in Zhejiang province including 1 in Hangzhou, 1 in Jiaxing and 1 in Zhoushan, 2 in Hubei province including 1 in Ezhou and 1 in Huanggang, and 1 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region). 761 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 103 imported cases) and 232 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 15 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 27, 38,649 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,358 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 27, 306,932 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 284,081 in Hong Kong (7,252 had died and 42,632 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (80 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 22,769 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).