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May 23: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: May 23, 2022
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On May 22, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 187 new cases of confirmed infections (13 imported cases, 8 in Fujian province, 3 in Sichuan province, 1 in Shanghai municipality and 1 in Guangdong province; 174 indigenous cases, 83 in Beijing municipality, 55 in Shanghai municipality, 32 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Liaoning province and 1 in Fujian province, including 56 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 30 in Shanghai municipality, 20 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Sichuan province and 1 in Liaoning province), 1 death (an indigenous case in Shanghai municipality), and no new cases of suspected infections.
On May 22, 316 patients were released from hospital after being cured (14 imported cases; 302 indigenous cases, 235 in Shanghai municipality, 41 in Beijing municipality, 11 in Jilin province, 5 in Qinghai province, 4 in Guangdong province, 3 in Henan province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Sichuan province). 29,039 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 7.
As of 24:00 on May 22, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 18,506 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 18,307 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 199 confirmed cases (including 1 serious case) and no suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on May 22, the National Health Commission had received reports of 223,332 confirmed cases and 5,223 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 213,834 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 4,275 confirmed cases (including 193 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 4,005,381 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 244,400 were still under medical observation.
On May 22, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 682 new asymptomatic cases (54 imported cases; 628 indigenous cases, 503 in Shanghai municipality, 53 in Henan province, 29 in Sichuan province, 16 in Beijing municipality, 15 in Tianjin municipality, 5 in Jilin province, 3 in Anhui province, 2 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Guangdong province).
On May 22, 3,045 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (43 imported cases; 3,002 indigenous cases, 2,784 in Shanghai municipality, 52 in Liaoning province, 45 in Jiangsu province, 24 in Jiangxi province, 23 in Henan province, 16 in Jilin province, 15 in Shandong province, 11 in Zhejiang province, 11 in Qinghai province, 6 in Hebei province, 4 in Sichuan province, 3 in Guangdong province, 3 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Anhui province, 1 in Hubei province and 1 in Guizhou province). 56 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (all were indigenous cases). As of 24:00 on May 22, 35,217 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 454 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on May 22, 1,652,447 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 331,994 in Hong Kong (9,370 had died and 61,899 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 1,320,371 in Taiwan (1,396 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
