April 2: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On April 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 2,129 new cases of confirmed infections (43 imported cases, 22 in Sichuan province, 8 in Beijing municipality, 4 in Guangdong province, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Shandong province, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 22 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 20 in Sichuan province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Guangdong province; 2,086 indigenous cases, 1,730 in Jilin province including 1,544 in Changchun, 178 in Jilin city, 6 in Siping and 2 in Baicheng, 260 in Shanghai municipality including 79 in Pudong New Area, 56 in Minhang district, 35 in Xuhui district, 19 in Songjiang district, 12 in Putuo district, 11 in Jing’an district, 11 in Yangpu district, 10 in Baoshan district, 10 in Jiading district, 8 in Huangpu district, 3 in Hongkou district, 3 in Jinshan district, 2 in Fengxian district and 1 in Chongming district, 21 in Heilongjiang province including 16 in Harbin and 5 in Jiamusi, 14 in Zhejiang province including 3 in Hangzhou, 3 in Jinhua, 3 in Ningbo, 2 in Huzhou, 1 in Wenzhou, 1 in Jiaxing and 1 in Taizhou, 13 in Fujian province including 10 in Quanzhou, 2 in Xiamen and 1 in Zhangzhou, 12 in Jiangsu province including 9 in Xuzhou, 1 in Wuxi, 1 in Huai’an and 1 in Zhenjiang, 8 in Shandong province including 2 in Jinan, 2 in Rizhao, 1 in Qingdao, 1 in Yantai, 1 in Weihai and 1 in Dezhou, 8 in Hainan province including 5 in Haikou, 1 in Sanya, 1 in Qionghai and 1 in Lingshui Li autonomous county, 4 in Liaoning province including 3 in Shenyang and 1 in Dalian, 3 in Jiangxi province including 2 in Nanchang and 1 in Shangrao, 3 in Hunan province including 1 in Changsha, 1 in Hengyang and 1 in Yiyang, 2 in Baoding, Hebei province, 2 in Sichuan province including 1 in Chengdu and 1 in Leshan, 2 in Haidong, Qinghai province, 1 in Hedong district, Tianjin municipality, 1 in Huainan, Anhui province, 1 in Xinyang, Henan province and 1 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, including 44 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 20 in Jilin province, 10 in Fujian province, 4 in Shandong province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Hainan province, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Yunnan province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 4,307 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 34,977 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 8.

As of 24:00 on April 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,553 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 16,892 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 661 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 19 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 1, the National Health Commission had received reports of 153,232 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 121,466 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 27,128 confirmed cases (including 58 cases in serious condition) and 19 suspected cases. 2,363,645 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 369,331 were still under medical observation.

On April 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 7,869 new asymptomatic cases (80 imported cases; 7,789 indigenous cases, 6,051 in Shanghai municipality including 2,518 in Pudong New Area, 972 in Minhang district, 594 in Xuhui district, 488 in Songjiang district, 242 in Huangpu district, 236 in Putuo district, 191 in Jiading district, 178 in Jing’an district, 160 in Fengxian district, 124 in Yangpu district, 87 in Qingpu district, 83 in Chongming district, 57 in Hongkou district, 47 in Jinshan district, 38 in Changning district and 36 in Baoshan district, 1,244 in Jilin province including 894 in Changchun, 349 in Jilin city and 1 in Siping, 68 in Fujian province including 62 in Quanzhou, 4 in Fuzhou and 2 in Ningde, 66 in Hebei province including 48 in Handan, 8 in Tangshan, 5 in Langfang, 4 in Baoding and 1 in Cangzhou, 55 in Anhui province including 35 in Huainan, 11 in Wuhu, 5 in Fuyang, 3 in Hefei and 1 in Chuzhou, 54 in Jiangsu province including 16 in Suzhou, 12 in Xuzhou, 10 in Nantong, 7 in Suqian, 6 in Zhenjiang, 1 in Nanjing, 1 in Yancheng and 1 in Taizhou, 52 in Liaoning province including 44 in Shenyang, 5 in Yingkou, 2 in Huludao and 1 in Dalian, 41 in Jiangxi province including 38 in Nanchang, 2 in Ji’an and 1 in Fuzhou, 29 in Heilongjiang province including 13 in Jiamusi, 8 in Harbin and 8 in Heihe, 27 in Shandong province including 5 in Zaozhuang, 4 in Jinan, 4 in Liaocheng, 4 in Binzhou, 3 in Linyi, 2 in Qingdao, 2 in Rizhao, 1 in Jining, 1 in Tai’an and 1 in Dezhou, 22 in Guangdong province including 12 in Zhaoqing, 6 in Dongguan, 2 in Shenzhen, 1 in Zhuhai and 1 in Foshan, 17 in Henan province including 11 in Zhoukou, 3 in Yongcheng, 1 in Luohe, 1 in Shangqiu and 1 in Xinyang, 14 in Zhejiang province including 6 in Jiaxing, 3 in Hangzhou, 2 in Wenzhou, 2 in Lishui and 1 in Shaoxing, 11 in Hubei province including 5 in Suizhou, 2 in Wuhan, 2 in Huangshi and 2 in Xiaogan, 9 in Lanzhou, Gansu province, 9 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region including 8 in Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture and 1 in Urumqi, 6 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 2 in Fangchenggang, 2 in Baise, 1 in Nanning and 1 in Beihai, 6 in Hainan province including 4 in Sanya, 1 in Haikou and 1 in Qionghai, 6 in Yunnan province including 2 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 2 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 1 in Kunming and 1 in Qujing, and 2 in Chongqing municipality including 1 in Nan’an district and 1 in Yunyang county). 2,973 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 122 imported cases) and 66 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 22 imported cases). As of 24:00 on April 1, 63,886 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,118 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 1, 321,948 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 298,237 in Hong Kong (7,945 had died and 48,654 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 23,629 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).