May 24: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On May 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 156 new cases of confirmed infections (15 imported cases, 5 in Fujian province, 2 in Guangdong province, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Yunnan province, including 1 confirmed case converting from an asymptomatic case in Zhejiang province; 141 indigenous cases, 58 in Shanghai municipality, 41 in Beijing municipality, 19 in Sichuan province, 16 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Jilin province and 1 in Zhejiang province, including 56 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 39 in Shanghai municipality, 8 in Sichuan province, 6 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Beijing municipality and 1 in Liaoning province), 1 death (an indigenous case in Shanghai municipality), and 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai municipality).

On May 23, 474 patients were released from hospital after being cured (11 imported cases; 463 indigenous cases, 379 in Shanghai municipality, 39 in Beijing municipality, 14 in Guangdong province, 8 in Jilin province, 8 in Henan province, 5 in Qinghai province, 4 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Shandong province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Hunan province, 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and 1 in Chongqing municipality). 26,317 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 May 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 18,521 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 18,318 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 203 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 1 suspected case.

As of 24:00 on May 23, the National Health Commission had received reports of 223,488 confirmed cases and 5,224 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 214,308 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 3,956 confirmed cases (including 192 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case. 4,017,358 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 229,951 were still under medical observation.

On May 23, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 532 new asymptomatic cases (34 imported cases; 498 indigenous cases, 422 in Shanghai municipality, 24 in Sichuan province, 23 in Henan province, 8 in Tianjin municipality, 7 in Beijing municipality, 7 in Jilin province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Jiangxi province and 1 in Shandong province).

On May 23, 5,369 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (58 imported cases; 5,311 indigenous cases, 5,094 in Shanghai municipality, 27 in Jiangsu province, 25 in Jilin province, 24 in Liaoning province, 23 in Henan province, 21 in Jiangxi province, 15 in Sichuan province, 13 in Beijing municipality, 13 in Hebei province, 13 in Qinghai province, 11 in Zhejiang province, 11 in Guangdong province, 7 in Anhui province, 5 in Shandong province, 3 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Heilongjiang province, 1 in Hubei province, 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Yunnan province). 57 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 1 imported case). As of 24:00 on May 23, 30,323 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 429 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on May 23, 1,718,752 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 332,030 in Hong Kong (9,370 had died and 61,925 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 1,386,640 in Taiwan (1,436 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).