April 7: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On April 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,323 new cases of confirmed infections (39 imported cases, 15 in Fujian province, 11 in Sichuan province, 7 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Hunan province, 1 in Guangdong province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 10 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 9 in Sichuan province and 1 in Guangdong province; 1,284 indigenous cases, 890 in Jilin province including 766 in Changchun, 112 in Jilin city, 11 in Baicheng and 1 in Siping, 322 in Shanghai municipality including 150 in Pudong New Area, 31 in Changning district, 28 in Putuo district, 27 in Jing’an district, 21 in Minhang district, 19 in Xuhui district, 12 in Yangpu district, 9 in Huangpu district, 9 in Baoshan district, 6 in Jiading district, 4 in Qingpu district, 3 in Jinshan district, 2 in Songjiang district and 1 in Hongkou district, 14 in Zhejiang province including 10 in Jiaxing, 2 in Ningbo, 1 in Wenzhou and 1 in Shaoxing, 10 in Sichuan province including 7 in Chengdu, 2 in Leshan and 1 in Suining, 9 in Heilongjiang province including 5 in Harbin, 3 in Mudanjiang and 1 in Heihe, 7 in Shanxi province including 6 in Taiyuan and 1 in Yuncheng, 7 in Fujian province including 5 in Quanzhou, 1 in Xiamen and 1 in Ningde, 4 in Chaoyang district, Beijing municipality, 4 in Shandong province including 2 in Weihai, 1 in Jinan and 1 in Qingdao, 4 in Sanya, Hainan province, 3 in Handan, Hebei province, 3 in Jiangsu province including 1 in Xuzhou, 1 in Suzhou and 1 in Zhenjiang, 2 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, 1 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Shenyang, Liaoning province, 1 in Fuyang, Anhui province, 1 in Zhoukou, Henan province, and 1 in Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao autonomous prefecture, Guizhou province, including 95 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 53 in Jilin province, 15 in Shanghai municipality, 8 in Zhejiang province, 6 in Sichuan province, 5 in Fujian province, 2 in Shandong province, 2 in Hainan province, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Anhui province and 1 in Henan province), 4 new cases of suspected infections (all were imported cases in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 1,765 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 24,320 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 10.

As of 24:00 on April 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,776 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 17,279 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 497 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 19 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 6, the National Health Commission had received reports of 160,116 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 131,355 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 24,123 confirmed cases (including 85 cases in serious condition) and 19 suspected cases. 2,538,044 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 420,067 were still under medical observation.

On April 6, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 21,784 new asymptomatic cases (73 imported cases; 21,711 indigenous cases, 19,660 in Shanghai municipality including 8,296 in Pudong New Area, 2,387 in Minhang district, 1,402 in Jiading district, 1,087 in Xuhui district, 1,041 in Huangpu district, 1,008 in Putuo district, 781 in Songjiang district, 669 in Hongkou district, 653 in Baoshan district, 621 in Yangpu district, 516 in Jing’an district, 465 in Qingpu district, 328 in Changning district, 267 in Fengxian district, 76 in Jinshan district and 63 in Chongming district, 1,546 in Jilin province including 1,423 in Changchun, 122 in Jilin city and 1 in Siping, 139 in Hebei province including 78 in Handan, 59 in Baoding, 1 in Shijiazhuang and 1 in Dingzhou, 75 in Jiangsu province including 39 in Suqian, 25 in Suzhou, 4 in Nanjing, 2 in Xuzhou, 2 in Nantong, 2 in Zhenjiang and 1 in Yancheng, 60 in Anhui province including 36 in Huainan, 17 in Fuyang, 5 in Lu’an and 2 in Hefei, 41 in Zhejiang province including 37 in Jiaxing, 2 in Hangzhou, 1 in Ningbo and 1 in Shaoxing, 36 in Henan province including 20 in Yongcheng and 16 in Zhoukou, 32 in Jiangxi province including 31 in Nanchang and 1 in Shangrao, 26 in Shandong province including 9 in Jinan, 7 in Linyi, 6 in Weifang, 2 in Weihai, 1 in Zaozhuang and 1 in Heze, 21 in Liaoning province including 15 in Shenyang and 6 in Anshan, 16 in Quanzhou, Fujian province, 11 in Heilongjiang province including 5 in Mudanjiang, 4 in Jiamusi, 1 in Harbin and 1 in Daqing, 9 in Hainan province including 6 in Sanya, 2 in Lingshui Li autonomous county and 1 in Haikou, 8 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 4 in Chongzuo, 2 in Fangchenggang and 2 in Baise, 6 in Yunnan province including 4 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 2 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 4 in Tianjin municipality including 3 in Xiqing district and 1 in Nankai district, 4 in Hubei province including 3 in Suizhou and 1 in Wuhan, 4 in Foshan, Guangdong province, 4 in Sichuan province including 2 in Leshan, 1 in Chengdu and 1 in Suining, 4 in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 2 in Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 1 in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, 1 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and 1 in Xining, Qinghai province). 2,682 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 83 imported cases) and 105 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 10 imported cases). As of 24:00 on April 6, 132,948 asymptomatic cases (increased by 1 in Jilin province after verification) were still under medical observation (including 993 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 6, 332,111 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 306,804 in Hong Kong (8,460 had died and 53,448 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 25,225 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).