Sept 8: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 7, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 280 new cases of confirmed infections (39 imported cases, 8 in Fujian province, 7 in Shanghai municipality, 6 in Beijing municipality, 6 in Guangdong province, 3 in Shandong province, 3 in Yunnan province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Shaanxi province, including 1 confirmed case converting from an asymptomatic case in Guangdong province; 241 indigenous cases, 69 in Sichuan province, 67 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 27 in Guangdong province, 18 in Tibet autonomous region, 15 in Shandong province, 8 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 7 in Beijing municipality, 6 in Heilongjiang province, 4 in Guizhou province, 4 in Yunnan province, 3 in Liaoning province, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Jiangxi province, 2 in Hainan province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Henan province, 1 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Qinghai province and 1 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, including 20 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 5 in Sichuan province, 3 in Guangdong province, 3 in Tibet autonomous region, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 2 in Shandong province, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Qinghai province and 1 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region), no deaths, and no new cases of suspected infections.

On Sept 7, 299 patients were released from hospital after being cured (62 imported cases; 237 indigenous cases, 92 in Hainan province, 41 in Tibet autonomous region, 22 in Zhejiang province, 17 in Sichuan province, 15 in Heilongjiang province, 11 in Chongqing municipality, 11 in Shaanxi province, 8 in Guangdong province, 4 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Hebei province, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Henan province, 2 in Qinghai province, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Shandong province, 1 in Yunnan province and 1 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region). 32,880 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 Sept 7, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 22,864 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 22,316 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 548 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Sept 7, the National Health Commission had received reports of 246,027 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 234,540 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 6,261 confirmed cases (including 38 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 5,599,812 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 278,787 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 7, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,159 new asymptomatic cases (66 imported cases; 1,093 indigenous cases, 388 in Tibet autonomous region, 104 in Heilongjiang province, 95 in Sichuan province, 77 in Shandong province, 71 in Liaoning province, 64 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 63 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 57 in Jiangxi province, 56 in Qinghai province, 28 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 16 in Guizhou province, 12 in Hubei province, 12 in Guangdong province, 11 in Henan province, 10 in Shanghai municipality, 6 in Jilin province, 5 in Gansu province, 4 in Shaanxi province, 3 in Beijing municipality, 3 in Fujian province, 3 in Hainan province, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Yunnan province and 1 in Jiangsu province).

On Sept 7, 1,308 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (81 imported cases; 1,227 indigenous cases, 723 in Tibet autonomous region, 172 in Hainan province, 42 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 36 in Qinghai province, 31 in Henan province, 27 in Gansu province, 26 in Jiangxi province, 26 in Shaanxi province, 23 in Sichuan province, 16 in Hebei province, 15 in Chongqing municipality, 12 in Heilongjiang province, 12 in Zhejiang province, 10 in Shandong province, 10 in Hubei province, 9 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 8 in Liaoning province, 6 in Shanghai municipality, 5 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 4 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Yunnan province, 3 in Jiangsu province, 3 in Guangdong province, 3 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and 1 in Shanxi province). 21 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 1 imported case). As of 24:00 on Sept 7, 24,698 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 689 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 7, 5,941,114 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 395,347 in Hong Kong (9,757 had died and 77,156 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 793 in Macao (6 had died and 787 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 5,544,974 in Taiwan (10,141 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).