April 15: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On April 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 3,486 new cases of confirmed infections (14 imported cases, 6 in Fujian province, 3 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 2 in Guangdong province, 2 in Sichuan province and 1 in Beijing municipality, including 3 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Guangdong province and 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region; 3,472 indigenous cases, 3,200 in Shanghai municipality, 174 in Jilin province, 22 in Guangdong province, 17 in Zhejiang province, 10 in Shanxi province, 10 in Fujian province, 7 in Heilongjiang province, 6 in Yunnan province, 5 in Shandong province, 5 in Qinghai province, 3 in Shaanxi province, 2 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 2 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Henan province, 1 in Hubei province, 1 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Sichuan province, including 404 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 307 in Shanghai municipality, 81 in Jilin province, 11 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Shandong province, 1 in Guangdong province and 1 in Qinghai province), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths.

On April 14, 1,430 patients were released from hospital after being cured (39 imported cases; 1,391 indigenous cases, 735 in Jilin province, 543 in Shanghai municipality, 26 in Heilongjiang province, 21 in Fujian province, 14 in Liaoning province, 8 in Hebei province, 7 in Shandong province, 5 in Shanxi province, 5 in Jiangxi province, 4 in Zhejiang province, 4 in Henan province, 4 in Guangdong province, 3 in Jiangsu province, 2 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Hunan province, 1 in Anhui province, 1 in Hainan province, 1 in Sichuan province, 1 in Guizhou province, 1 in Yunnan province, 1 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Gansu province and 1 in Qinghai province). 28,778 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 2.

As of 24:00 on April 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,950 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 17,667 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 283 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 16 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 14, the National Health Commission had received reports of 174,868 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 145,352 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 24,878 confirmed cases (including 76 cases in serious condition) and 16 suspected cases. 2,801,989 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 448,928 were still under medical observation.

On April 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 20,782 new asymptomatic cases (88 imported cases; 20,694 indigenous cases, 19,872 in Shanghai municipality, 342 in Jilin province, 136 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 49 in Jiangsu province, 47 in Anhui province, 43 in Shanxi province, 29 in Hubei province, 25 in Henan province, 24 in Shandong province, 23 in Hebei province, 20 in Liaoning province, 19 in Guangdong province, 18 in Jiangxi province, 16 in Yunnan province, 7 in Fujian province, 6 in Zhejiang province, 6 in Qinghai province, 4 in Shaanxi province, 3 in Heilongjiang province, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Hainan province and 1 in Guizhou province).

On April 14, 9,973 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (140 imported cases; 9,833 indigenous cases, 8,070 in Shanghai municipality, 1,263 in Jilin province, 120 in Hebei province, 82 in Fujian province, 67 in Liaoning province, 53 in Jiangsu province, 46 in Anhui province, 22 in Jiangxi province, 17 in Shandong province, 17 in Henan province, 15 in Heilongjiang province, 11 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 10 in Gansu province, 9 in Guangdong province, 9 in Yunnan province, 5 in Hubei province, 5 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 3 in Hunan province, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Shanxi province, 2 in Chongqing municipality, 2 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region and 1 in Zhejiang province). 407 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 3 imported cases). As of 24:00 on April 14, 276,632 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 789 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 14, 339,503 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 308,847 in Hong Kong (9,002 had died and 63,711 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 30,574 in Taiwan (854 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).