May 27: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On May 26, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 102 new cases of confirmed infections (22 imported cases, 8 in Fujian province, 4 in Jiangsu province, 4 in Sichuan province, 2 in Yunnan province, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Guangdong province and 1 in Chongqing municipality, including 3 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 1 in Guangdong province, 1 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Sichuan province; 80 indigenous cases, 45 in Shanghai municipality, 22 in Beijing municipality, 7 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Jilin province, 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Jiangsu province and 1 in Yunnan province, including 36 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 33 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Beijing municipality and 1 in Tianjin municipality), 1 death (an indigenous case in Shanghai municipality), and no new cases of suspected infections.

On May 26, 216 patients were released from hospital after being cured (24 imported cases; 192 indigenous cases, 128 in Shanghai municipality, 30 in Beijing municipality, 8 in Jilin province, 6 in Tianjin municipality, 6 in Henan province, 5 in Guangdong province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Sichuan province, 2 in Qinghai province, 1 in Liaoning province and 1 in Shandong province). 14,551 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 26, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 18,584 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 18,373 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 211 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on May 26, the National Health Commission had received reports of 223,837 confirmed cases and 5,226 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 215,339 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 3,272 confirmed cases (including 169 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 4,055,768 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 204,521 were still under medical observation.

On May 26, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 342 new asymptomatic cases (68 imported cases; 274 indigenous cases, 219 in Shanghai municipality, 9 in Liaoning province, 8 in Henan province, 8 in Sichuan province, 8 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 7 in Beijing municipality, 5 in Jilin province, 3 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in Shandong province, 1 in Heilongjiang province, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Jiangxi province).

On May 26, 3,136 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (58 imported cases; 3,078 indigenous cases, 2,903 in Shanghai municipality, 50 in Sichuan province, 23 in Henan province, 21 in Jiangsu province, 13 in Tianjin municipality, 13 in Liaoning province, 10 in Beijing municipality, 10 in Jilin province, 10 in Jiangxi province, 9 in Zhejiang province, 4 in Anhui province, 4 in Guangdong province, 4 in Qinghai province, 2 in Shandong province and 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region). 39 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 3 imported cases). As of 24:00 on May 26, 19,295 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 435 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on May 26, 1,972,529 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 332,175 in Hong Kong (9,374 had died and 62,098 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 83 in Macao (82 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 1,640,271 in Taiwan (1,658 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).