March 30: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 29, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,629 new cases of confirmed infections (64 imported cases, 24 in Sichuan province, 13 in Guangdong province, 9 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 4 in Yunnan province, 3 in Heilongjiang province, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 3 in Fujian province, 2 in Shanxi province, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and 1 in Shandong province, including 26 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 20 in Sichuan province, 3 in Guangdong province, 2 in Heilongjiang province and 1 in Shandong province; 1,565 indigenous cases, 1,150 in Jilin province including 875 in Changchun, 268 in Jilin city and 7 in Siping, 326 in Shanghai municipality including 169 in Pudong New Area, 34 in Xuhui district, 33 in Baoshan district, 29 in Minhang district, 15 in Songjiang district, 9 in Jiading district, 8 in Jing’an district, 7 in Hongkou district, 6 in Huangpu district, 6 in Putuo district, 3 in Yangpu district, 3 in Changning district, 2 in Jinshan district, 1 in Fengxian district and 1 in Chongming district, 26 in Zhoukou, Henan province, 16 in Heilongjiang province including 15 in Jiamusi and 1 in Harbin, 8 in Zhejiang province including 3 in Jiaxing, 3 in Huzhou, 1 in Hangzhou and 1 in Lishui, 7 in Fujian province including 6 in Quanzhou and 1 in Putian, 6 in Hebei province including 3 in Qinhuangdao and 3 in Langfang, 5 in Liaoning province including 3 in Shenyang, 1 in Yingkou and 1 in Huludao, 4 in Shandong province including 1 in Qingdao, 1 in Zaozhuang, 1 in Tai’an and 1 in Dezhou, 3 in Anhui province including 2 in Huainan and 1 in Wuhu, 3 in Hunan province including 2 in Changsha and 1 in Loudi, 2 in Tongzhou district, Beijing municipality, 2 in Tianjin municipality including 1 in Nankai district and 1 in Dongli district, 2 in Guangdong province including 1 in Shenzhen and 1 in Zhuhai, 1 in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, 1 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, 1 in Wanning, Hainan province, 1 in Yunyang county, Chongqing municipality and 1 in Guiyang, Guizhou province, including 66 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 24 in Jilin province, 18 in Shanghai municipality, 13 in Heilongjiang province, 5 in Fujian province, 2 in Liaoning province, 2 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Tianjin municipality and 1 in Hunan province), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 1,325 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 26,128 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 29, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,434 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 16,643 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 791 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 17 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 29, the National Health Commission had received reports of 147,437 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 114,636 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 28,163 confirmed cases (including 62 cases in serious condition) and 17 suspected cases. 2,282,407 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 367,094 were still under medical observation.

On March 29, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 7,196 new asymptomatic cases (106 imported cases; 7,090 indigenous cases, 5,656 in Shanghai municipality including 2,018 in Pudong New Area, 1,054 in Xuhui district, 957 in Minhang district, 329 in Baoshan district, 244 in Jiading district, 219 in Songjiang district, 172 in Jing’an district, 106 in Huangpu district, 106 in Putuo district, 95 in Yangpu district, 94 in Fengxian district, 84 in Qingpu district, 66 in Hongkou district, 55 in Chongming district, 33 in Changning district and 24 in Jinshan district, 1,032 in Jilin province including 680 in Jilin city, 348 in Changchun, 2 in Siping, 1 in Liaoyuan and 1 in Baicheng, 85 in Fujian province including 82 in Quanzhou, 2 in Zhangzhou and 1 in Putian, 75 in Hebei province including 54 in Tangshan and 21 in Langfang, 52 in Liaoning province including 32 in Shenyang, 16 in Yingkou, 2 in Huludao, 1 in Dalian and 1 in Anshan, 32 in Jiangsu province including 16 in Suzhou, 10 in Xuzhou, 1 in Nanjing, 1 in Wuxi, 1 in Nantong, 1 in Yancheng, 1 in Taizhou and 1 in Suqian, 31 in Anhui province including 24 in Huainan, 3 in Wuhu, 2 in Ma’anshan, 1 in Tongling and 1 in Fuyang, 24 in Heilongjiang province including 17 in Jiamusi, 6 in Harbin and 1 in Yichun, 23 in Shandong province including 12 in Binzhou, 4 in Qingdao, 3 in Linyi, 1 in Jinan, 1 in Zibo, 1 in Yantai and 1 in Tai’an, 14 in Guangdong province including 7 in Shenzhen, 4 in Zhaoqing, 2 in Dongguan and 1 in Maoming, 13 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 9 in Baise, 3 in Fangchenggang and 1 in Chongzuo, 10 in Henan province including 4 in Luohe, 2 in Zhengzhou, 1 in Anyang, 1 in Xinyang, 1 in Zhoukou and 1 in Zhumadian, 10 in Gansu province including 9 in Lanzhou and 1 in Dingxi, 9 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, 7 in Zhejiang province including 5 in Jiaxing, 1 in Hangzhou and 1 in Taizhou, 6 in Tianjin municipality including 3 in Xiqing district, 1 in Nankai district, 1 in Binhai New Area and 1 in Jinghai district, 3 in Yunnan province including 2 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 1 in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture, 2 in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 1 in Xinzhou, Shanxi province, 1 in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Huanggang, Hubei province, 1 in Changsha, Hunan province, 1 in Wanning, Hainan province and 1 in Yunyang county, Chongqing municipality). 1,108 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 122 imported cases) and 92 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 26 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 29, 49,421 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,267 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 29, 308,196 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 285,122 in Hong Kong (7,571 had died and 44,296 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (81 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 22,992 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).