April 3: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On April 2, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,506 new cases of confirmed infections (51 imported cases, 30 in Sichuan province, 10 in Guangdong province, 6 in Shanghai municipality, 3 in Fujian province and 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, including 19 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases in Sichuan province; 1,455 indigenous cases, 956 in Jilin province including 723 in Changchun, 230 in Jilin city, 2 in Siping and 1 in Baicheng, 438 in Shanghai municipality including 107 in Pudong New Area, 57 in Minhang district, 44 in Xuhui district, 38 in Putuo district, 35 in Baoshan district, 31 in Hongkou district, 27 in Huangpu district, 27 in Jiading district, 25 in Jing’an district, 19 in Yangpu district, 8 in Songjiang district, 8 in Fengxian district, 6 in Changning district, 3 in Qingpu district and 3 in Chongming district, 11 in Zhejiang province including 2 in Hangzhou, 2 in Huzhou, 2 in Jinhua, 1 in Ningbo, 1 in Jiaxing, 1 in Shaoxing, 1 in Quzhou and 1 in Lishui, 8 in Fujian province including 7 in Quanzhou and 1 in Xiamen, 6 in Shandong province including 3 in Jinan, 1 in Qingdao, 1 in Dezhou and 1 in Heze, 6 in Sichuan province including 3 in Chengdu, 2 in Suining and 1 in Deyang, 5 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 5 in Jiangsu province including 3 in Suqian, 1 in Xuzhou and 1 in Suzhou, 3 in Sanya, Hainan province, 3 in Shaanxi province including 2 in Baoji and 1 in Xi'an, 2 in Shenyang, Liaoning province, 2 in Anhui province including 1 in Huainan and 1 in Huaibei, 2 in Jiangxi province including 1 in Nanchang and 1 in Ji’an, 2 in Guangdong province including 1 in Guangzhou and 1 in Zhaoqing, 1 in Nankai district, Tianjin municipality, 1 in Handan, Hebei province, 1 in Datong, Shanxi province, 1 in Hengyang, Hunan province, 1 in Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and 1 in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, including 118 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 73 in Shanghai municipality, 28 in Jilin province, 5 in Zhejiang province, 5 in Fujian province, 4 in Shandong province, 1 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Guangdong province and 1 in Sichuan province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 2,468 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 23,422 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on April 2, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,604 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 16,951 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 653 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 19 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 2, the National Health Commission had received reports of 154,738 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 123,933 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital (reduced by 1 in Jilin province after verification). There still remained 26,167 confirmed cases (increased by 1 in Jilin province after verification, and including 57 cases in serious condition) and 19 suspected cases. 2,390,486 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 372,642 were still under medical observation.

On April 2, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 11,781 new asymptomatic cases (90 imported cases; 11,691 indigenous cases, 7,788 in Shanghai municipality including 1,949 in Pudong New Area, 991 in Xuhui district, 765 in Minhang district, 631 in Huangpu district, 587 in Jiading district, 565 in Songjiang district, 445 in Baoshan district, 351 in Putuo district, 313 in Hongkou district, 301 in Jing’an district, 256 in Yangpu district, 221 in Qingpu district, 150 in Fengxian district, 108 in Chongming district, 94 in Changning district and 61 in Jinshan district, 3,499 in Jilin province including 3,100 in Changchun, 397 in Jilin city, 1 in Baishan and 1 in Baicheng, 93 in Anhui province including 61 in Huainan, 14 in Fuyang, 7 in Chuzhou, 3 in Ma’anshan, 2 in Wuhu, 2 in Bengbu, 2 in Lu'an, 1 in Anqing and 1 in Xuancheng, 43 in Liaoning province including 33 in Shenyang, 4 in Huludao, 3 in Dalian and 3 in Yingkou, 42 in Jiangsu province including 15 in Suzhou, 12 in Nantong, 7 in Suqian, 3 in Zhenjiang, 1 in Nanjing, 1 in Wuxi, 1 in Xuzhou, 1 in Yancheng and 1 in Taizhou, 42 in Fujian province including 40 in Quanzhou, 1 in Fuzhou and 1 in Putian, 38 in Jiangxi province including 29 in Nanchang, 6 in Fuzhou and 3 in Shangrao, 35 in Hebei province including 22 in Handan and 13 in Baoding, 20 in Henan province including 16 in Zhoukou, 2 in Zhengzhou and 2 in Yongcheng, 18 in Hubei province including 14 in Suizhou, 3 in Huangshi and 1 in Wuhan, 12 in Heilongjiang province including 8 in Jiamusi, 2 in Harbin, 1 in Yichun and 1 in Heihe, 8 in Zhejiang province including 4 in Jiaxing, 2 in Hangzhou, 1 in Ningbo and 1 in Jinhua, 8 in Shandong province including 3 in Linyi, 1 in Zibo, 1 in Zaozhuang, 1 in Dezhou, 1 in Liaocheng and 1 in Binzhou, 8 in Guangdong province including 5 in Dongguan, 2 in Jieyang and 1 in Shenzhen, 7 in Lanzhou, Gansu province, 6 in Hainan province including 5 in Sanya and 1 in Haikou, 6 in Yunnan province including 2 in Kunming, 2 in Qujing and 2 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 5 in Sichuan province including 3 in Chengdu and 2 in Leshan, 4 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region including 2 in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture and 2 in Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, 3 in Tianjin municipality including 2 in Xiqing district and 1 in Jinnan district, 3 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 2 in Guilin and 1 in Baise, 1 in Changsha, Hunan province, 1 in Jiangbei district, Chongqing municipality and 1 in Qianxinan Buyi and Miao autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province). 1,841 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 84 imported cases) and 137 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 19 imported cases). As of 24:00 on April 2, 73,689 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,105 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 2, 329,012 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 304,897 in Hong Kong (8,061 had died and 50,093 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 24,033 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).