Sept 22: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 21, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 165 new cases of confirmed infections (51 imported cases, 13 in Guangdong province, 9 in Shanghai municipality, 6 in Beijing municipality, 6 in Yunnan province, 5 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 3 in Fujian province, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Heilongjiang province, 1 in Jiangsu province and 1 in Shandong province, including 8 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 2 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Guangdong province , 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and 1 in Shandong province; 114 indigenous cases, 42 in Guizhou province, 41 in Sichuan province, 13 in Tibet autonomous region, 7 in Heilongjiang province, 4 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 3 in Henan province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Guangdong province, including 23 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 18 in Sichuan province, 3 in Guizhou province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Guangdong province), no deaths, and no new cases of suspected infections.

On Sept 21, 279 patients were released from hospital after being cured (45 imported cases; 234 indigenous cases, 113 in Sichuan province, 27 in Tibet autonomous region, 24 in Guangdong province, 10 in Hainan province, 8 in Guizhou province, 7 in Liaoning province, 7 in Heilongjiang province, 7 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 6 in Beijing municipality, 6 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 4 in Shandong province, 4 in Qinghai province, 3 in Chongqing municipality, 2 in Jilin province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Yunnan province and 1 in Gansu province). 21,232 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 7.

As of 24:00 on Sept 21, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 23,578 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 23,001 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 577 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Sept 21, the National Health Commission had received reports of 248,809 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 240,400 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 3,183 confirmed cases (including 35 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 5,865,543 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 151,003 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 21, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 610 new asymptomatic cases (98 imported cases; 512 indigenous cases, 143 in Tibet autonomous region, 134 in Guizhou province, 109 in Heilongjiang province, 26 in Sichuan province, 19 in Hubei province, 15 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 15 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 10 in Tianjin municipality, 9 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 6 in Henan province, 5 in Chongqing municipality, 5 in Qinghai province, 4 in Shandong province, 3 in Yunnan province, 3 in Gansu province, 2 in Hebei province, 2 in Jiangsu province and 2 in Guangdong province).

On Sept 21, 1,331 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (90 imported cases; 1,241 indigenous cases, 513 in Tibet autonomous region, 186 in Guizhou province, 110 in Heilongjiang province, 82 in Liaoning province, 80 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 56 in Sichuan province, 34 in Jiangxi province, 33 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 32 in Shandong province, 26 in Hubei province, 14 in Hainan province, 13 in Guangdong province, 12 in Tianjin municipality, 12 in Gansu province, 8 in Jilin province, 8 in Henan province, 5 in Qinghai province, 4 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 4 in Anhui province, 3 in Fujian province, 2 in Hebei province, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Shaanxi province). 31 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 8 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Sept 21, 14,776 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 766 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 21, 6,500,010 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 408,844 in Hong Kong (9,917 had died and 81,888 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 793 in Macao (6 had died and 787 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 6,090,373 in Taiwan (10,643 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).