Aug 10: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Aug 9, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 444 new cases of confirmed infections (64 imported cases, 20 in Shanghai municipality, 20 in Guangdong province, 7 in Sichuan province, 6 in Shandong province, 4 in Beijing municipality, 3 in Fujian province, 1 in Liaoning province, 1 in Henan province, 1 in Chongqing municipality and 1 in Yunnan province, including 8 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 3 in Shandong province, 2 in Guangdong province, 2 in Sichuan province and 1 in Henan province; 380 indigenous cases, 285 in Hainan province, 39 in Guangdong province, 27 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 10 in Tibet autonomous region, 8 in Fujian province, 5 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Hubei province, 1 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Guizhou province, including 23 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 14 in Hainan province, 5 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Tibet autonomous region), no deaths, and no new cases of suspected infections.

On Aug 9, 109 patients were released from hospital after being cured (53 imported cases; 56 indigenous cases, 24 in Gansu province, 15 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 8 in Sichuan province, 5 in Guangdong province, 2 in Anhui province, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and 1 in Shanghai municipality). 8,495 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 2.

As of 24:00 on Aug 9, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 21,241 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 20,634 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 607 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Aug 9, the National Health Commission had received reports of 232,109 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 223,987 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,896 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 4,772,932 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 115,776 were still under medical observation.

On Aug 9, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 650 new asymptomatic cases (78 imported cases; 572 indigenous cases, 285 in Hainan province, 122 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 49 in Zhejiang province, 24 in Hubei province, 21 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 18 in Tibet autonomous region, 11 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 10 in Henan province, 7 in Guangdong province, 5 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 5 in Jiangxi province, 3 in Hebei province, 2 in Anhui province, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Hunan province, 2 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Sichuan province, 1 in Guizhou province, 1 in Yunnan province and 1 in Gansu province).

On Aug 9, 301 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (47 imported cases; 254 indigenous cases, 157 in Gansu province, 29 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 17 in Shandong province, 16 in Henan province, 7 in Sichuan province, 6 in Anhui province, 6 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 4 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Guangdong province, 2 in Hebei province, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 2 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Jilin province and 1 in Hubei province). 31 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 8 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Aug 9, 5,440 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 677 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Aug 9, 5,140,852 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 362,158 in Hong Kong (9,550 had died and 69,309 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 791 in Macao (6 had died and 780 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 4,777,903 in Taiwan (9,273 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).