April 28: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On April 27, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,503 new cases of confirmed infections (9 imported cases, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Fujian province, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Jiangxi province and 1 in Guangdong province; 1,494 indigenous cases, 1,292 in Shanghai municipality, 56 in Jilin province, 48 in Beijing municipality, 46 in Zhejiang province, 11 in Heilongjiang province, 10 in Jiangxi province, 9 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 8 in Shandong province, 4 in Henan province, 2 in Hebei province, 2 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Hunan province, 1 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Sichuan province, 1 in Shaanxi province and 1 in Qinghai province, including 934 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 858 in Shanghai municipality, 44 in Zhejiang province, 27 in Jilin province, 2 in Shandong province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Heilongjiang province and 1 in Qinghai province), 47 deaths (all were indigenous cases in Shanghai municipality), and no new cases of suspected infections.

On April 27, 2,724 patients were released from hospital after being cured (21 imported cases; 2,703 indigenous cases, 2,310 in Shanghai municipality, 289 in Jilin province, 24 in Guangdong province, 19 in Heilongjiang province, 16 in Zhejiang province, 12 in Shanxi province, 6 in Shandong province, 4 in Jiangsu province, 4 in Hainan province, 3 in Jiangxi province, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 2 in Anhui province, 2 in Yunnan province, 2 in Shaanxi province, 2 in Qinghai province, 1 in Hebei province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Guizhou province). 36,337 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 81.

As of 24:00 on April 27, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 18,150 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 17,967 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 183 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 27, the National Health Commission had received reports of 208,584 confirmed cases and 4,923 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 178,155 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 25,506 confirmed cases (including 399 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 3,290,124 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 428,075 were still under medical observation.

On April 27, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 9,864 new asymptomatic cases (73 imported cases; 9,791 indigenous cases, 9,330 in Shanghai municipality, 98 in Jilin province, 84 in Shandong province, 79 in Jiangxi province, 72 in Jiangsu province, 55 in Liaoning province, 20 in Zhejiang province, 15 in Anhui province, 13 in Henan province, 9 in Hebei province, 7 in Heilongjiang province, 2 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Sichuan province, 1 in Guizhou province and 1 in Yunnan province).

On April 27, 25,984 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (93 imported cases; 25,891 indigenous cases, 24,877 in Shanghai municipality, 569 in Jilin province, 95 in Jiangsu province, 82 in Hebei province, 56 in Shandong province, 53 in Anhui province, 23 in Henan province, 21 in Shanxi province, 17 in Jiangxi province, 15 in Guangdong province, 15 in Yunnan province, 14 in Fujian province, 13 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 12 in Zhejiang province, 8 in Liaoning province, 7 in Heilongjiang province, 5 in Qinghai province, 4 in Hubei province, 3 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and 1 in Hainan province). 934 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (all were indigenous cases). As of 24:00 on April 27, 208,195 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 582 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 27, 406,518 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 329,498 in Hong Kong (9,282 had died and 59,015 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 76,938 in Taiwan (858 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).