May 16: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On May 15, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 151 new cases of confirmed infections (11 imported cases, 7 in Fujian province, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Shanghai municipality and 1 in Yunnan province; 140 indigenous cases, 69 in Shanghai municipality, 39 in Beijing municipality, 14 in Sichuan province, 8 in Henan province, 5 in Guangdong province, 2 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Jiangsu province and 1 in Guizhou province, including 53 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 42 in Shanghai municipality, 5 in Beijing municipality, 3 in Guangdong province, 2 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Guizhou province), 4 deaths (all were indigenous cases in Shanghai municipality), and no new cases of suspected infections.

On May 15, 627 patients were released from hospital after being cured (12 imported cases; 615 indigenous cases, 468 in Shanghai municipality, 42 in Jilin province, 41 in Beijing municipality, 19 in Guangdong province, 11 in Henan province, 8 in Zhejiang province, 6 in Heilongjiang province, 5 in Liaoning province, 5 in Jiangxi province, 4 in Shandong province, 4 in Sichuan province, 1 in Hebei province and 1 in Anhui province). 27,094 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 35.

As of 24:00 on May 15, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 18,397 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 18,202 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 195 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on May 15, the National Health Commission had received reports of 221,955 confirmed cases and 5,213 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 211,081 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 5,661 confirmed cases (including 348 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 3,899,337 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 335,143 were still under medical observation.

On May 15, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,076 new asymptomatic cases (57 imported cases; 1,019 indigenous cases, 869 in Shanghai municipality, 74 in Sichuan province, 15 in Beijing municipality, 13 in Henan province, 10 in Liaoning province, 8 in Anhui province, 7 in Qinghai province, 4 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Hebei province, 4 in Hubei province, 3 in Jilin province, 2 in Heilongjiang province, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Guizhou province and 1 in Yunnan province).

On May 15, 7,103 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (60 imported cases; 7,043 indigenous cases, 6,755 in Shanghai municipality, 76 in Liaoning province, 44 in Jilin province, 44 in Henan province, 33 in Jiangxi province, 30 in Hebei province, 20 in Shandong province, 10 in Jiangsu province, 9 in Zhejiang province, 7 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 5 in Anhui province, 3 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Heilongjiang province, 2 in Guangdong province, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Hubei province and 1 in Sichuan province). 53 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (all were indigenous cases). As of 24:00 on May 15, 52,798 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 478 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on May 15, 1,100,238 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 331,613 in Hong Kong (9,361 had died and 61,238 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 768,543 in Taiwan (1,068 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).