April 24: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On April 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,580 new cases of confirmed infections (14 imported cases, 5 in Guangdong province, 4 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Henan province, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 1 confirmed case converting from an asymptomatic case in Guangdong province; 1,566 indigenous cases, 1,401 in Shanghai municipality, 60 in Jilin province, 26 in Heilongjiang province, 22 in Beijing municipality, 12 in Zhejiang province, 10 in Jiangxi province, 6 in Jiangsu province, 6 in Henan province, 5 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 4 in Shandong province, 4 in Hunan province, 4 in Guangdong province, 2 in Anhui province, 1 in Hebei province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Hubei province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 577 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 541 in Shanghai municipality, 18 in Jilin province, 9 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Jiangsu province, 2 in Jiangxi province, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Anhui province, 1 in Shandong province and 1 in Yunnan province), 39 deaths (all were indigenous cases in Shanghai municipality), and no new cases of suspected infections.

On April 23, 2,672 patients were released from hospital after being cured (14 imported cases; 2,658 indigenous cases, 2,242 in Shanghai municipality, 331 in Jilin province, 14 in Hainan province, 13 in Guangdong province, 10 in Zhejiang province, 8 in Fujian province, 7 in Shanxi province, 7 in Shandong province, 5 in Beijing municipality, 5 in Jiangsu province, 5 in Shaanxi province, 3 in Liaoning province, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Henan province, 1 in Hebei province, 1 in Jiangxi province and 1 in Hubei province). 32,760 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 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 18,106 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 17,888 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 218 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 2 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 23, the National Health Commission had received reports of 200,654 confirmed cases and 4,725 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 166,398 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 29,531 confirmed cases (including 236 cases in serious condition) and 2 suspected cases. 3,131,798 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 437,249 were still under medical observation.

On April 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 20,285 new asymptomatic cases (55 imported cases; 20,230 indigenous cases, 19,657 in Shanghai municipality, 154 in Jilin province, 120 in Jiangsu province, 116 in Hebei province, 45 in Shandong province, 31 in Zhejiang province, 29 in Jiangxi province, 26 in Henan province, 16 in Heilongjiang province, 14 in Anhui province, 8 in Yunnan province, 5 in Shanxi province, 4 in Liaoning province, 3 in Hubei province and 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region).

On April 23, 17,843 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (101 imported cases; 17,742 indigenous cases, 16,626 in Shanghai municipality, 743 in Jilin province, 77 in Jiangsu province, 40 in Shandong province, 40 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 36 in Hubei province, 33 in Hebei province, 32 in Henan province, 27 in Fujian province, 21 in Liaoning province, 21 in Anhui province, 11 in Yunnan province, 9 in Guangdong province, 8 in Shanxi province, 3 in Heilongjiang province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 3 in Jiangxi province, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Hainan province, 1 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Guizhou province). 578 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 1 imported case). As of 24:00 on April 23, 249,212 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 656 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 23, 379,454 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 328,074 in Hong Kong (9,236 had died and 68,888 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 51,298 in Taiwan (856 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).