Aug 2: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Aug 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 107 new cases of confirmed infections (61 imported cases, 30 in Guangdong province, 8 in Shanghai municipality, 8 in Fujian province, 4 in Jiangsu province, 3 in Beijing municipality, 3 in Sichuan province, 3 in Yunnan province, 1 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Shaanxi province, including 8 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 5 in Guangdong province, 2 in Fujian province and 1 in Yunnan province; 46 indigenous cases, 10 in Gansu province, 9 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 9 in Sichuan province, 7 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 7 in Fujian province, 2 in Henan province, 1 in Hainan province and 1 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, including 20 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 8 in Gansu province, 7 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 4 in Sichuan province and 1 in Henan province), no deaths, and no new cases of suspected infections.

On Aug 1, 191 patients were released from hospital after being cured (50 imported cases; 141 indigenous cases, 54 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 44 in Gansu province, 22 in Guangdong province, 4 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Hainan province, 3 in Anhui province, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Jiangxi province, 2 in Henan province, 2 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Fujian province). 10,425 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 2.

As of 24:00 on Aug 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 20,787 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 20,246 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 541 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and no suspected case.

As of 24:00 on Aug 1, the National Health Commission had received reports of 229,701 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 222,881 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 1,594 confirmed cases (2 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 4,671,492 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 129,726 were still under medical observation.

On Aug 1, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 391 new asymptomatic cases (64 imported cases; 327 indigenous cases, 96 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 69 in Gansu province, 67 in Henan province, 47 in Shandong province, 28 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 8 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 4 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 2 in Jiangxi province, 2 in Sichuan province and 1 in Guangdong province).

On Aug 1, 666 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (58 imported cases; 608 indigenous cases, 277 in Gansu province, 235 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 31 in Henan province, 20 in Anhui province, 18 in Shanghai municipality, 9 in Guangdong province, 7 in Tianjin municipality, 5 in Jiangxi province, 5 in Sichuan province and 1 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region). 28 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 8 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Aug 1, 6,572 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 587 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Aug 1, 4,962,126 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 356,574 in Hong Kong (9,509 had died and 67,853 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 791 in Macao (6 had died and 734 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 4,604,761 in Taiwan (8,963 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).