Nov 15: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Nov 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,661 new cases of confirmed infections (40 imported cases, 19 in Guangdong province, 4 in Fujian province, 3 in Jiangsu province, 3 in Sichuan province, 2 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Shandong province, 2 in Yunnan province and 1 in Shaanxi province, including 3 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Sichuan province; 1,621 indigenous cases, 586 in Guangdong province, 303 in Beijing municipality, 157 in Chongqing municipality, 149 in Henan province, 84 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 84 in Sichuan province, 46 in Shanxi province, 40 in Shaanxi province, 37 in Yunnan province, 28 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 17 in Zhejiang province, 13 in Guizhou province, 12 in Jiangsu province, 9 in Fujian province, 8 in Shandong province, 8 in Qinghai province, 7 in Hunan province, 6 in Hebei province, 6 in Gansu province, 5 in Heilongjiang province, 4 in Tibet autonomous region, 3 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in Anhui province, 2 in Liaoning province, 2 in Hubei province and 2 in Hainan province, including 474 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 413 in Guangdong province, 18 in Sichuan province, 16 in Yunnan province, 6 in Gansu province, 5 in Shaanxi province, 4 in Shanxi province, 4 in Zhejiang province, 3 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Heilongjiang province, 1 in Hunan province and 1 in Hainan province), no deaths, and no new cases of suspected infections.

On Nov 14, 574 patients were released from hospital after being cured (36 imported cases; 538 indigenous cases, 234 in Guangdong province, 138 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 34 in Beijing municipality, 22 in Fujian province, 21 in Shanxi province, 17 in Shaanxi province, 14 in Chongqing municipality, 11 in Jiangsu province, 10 in Sichuan province, 6 in Hunan province, 6 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 4 in Heilongjiang province, 4 in Shandong province, 3 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in Gansu province, 3 in Qinghai province, 2 in Liaoning province, 2 in Yunnan province, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Jiangxi province, 1 in Henan province and 1 in Hainan province). 116,528 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 Nov 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 26,490 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 25,952 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 538 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Nov 14, the National Health Commission had received reports of 275,420 (decreased by 3 after verification in Beijing municipality) 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 255,721 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 14,473 (decreased by 3 after verification in Beijing municipality) confirmed cases (including 21 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 9,229,668 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 904,540 were still under medical observation.

On Nov 14, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 16,248 new asymptomatic cases (97 imported cases; 16,151 indigenous cases, 5,047 in Guangdong province, 2,794 in Chongqing municipality, 2,138 in Henan province, 1,247 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 819 in Gansu province, 771 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 529 in Hebei province, 517 in Qinghai province, 371 in Heilongjiang province, 248 in Yunnan province, 243 in Sichuan province, 215 in Hunan province, 214 in Shanxi province, 187 in Shaanxi province, 171 in Shandong province, 159 in Beijing municipality, 87 in Anhui province, 77 in Hubei province, 73 in Tianjin municipality, 61 in Jiangsu province, 36 in Guizhou province, 35 in Zhejiang province, 23 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 19 in Jiangxi province, 18 in Liaoning province, 17 in Tibet autonomous region, 16 in Shanghai municipality, 12 in Fujian province, 6 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region and 1 in Hainan province).

On Nov 14, 2,035 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (117 imported cases; 1,918 indigenous cases, 508 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 346 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 270 in Guangdong province, 129 in Hubei province, 81 in Shanxi province, 77 in Sichuan province, 75 in Qinghai province, 66 in Fujian province, 65 in Henan province, 61 in Shandong province, 41 in Yunnan province, 22 in Heilongjiang province, 22 in Shaanxi province, 21 in Liaoning province, 20 in Hunan province, 19 in Hebei province, 19 in Chongqing municipality, 16 in Tianjin municipality, 16 in Jiangsu province, 9 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 7 in Anhui province, 5 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Beijing municipality, 4 in Jiangxi province, 4 in Tibet autonomous region, 3 in Jilin province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Hainan province, 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 1 in Guizhou province and 1 in Gansu province). 477 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 3 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Nov 14, 106,375 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,013 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Nov 14, 8,495,927 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 444,231 in Hong Kong (10,536 had died and 94,579 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 795 in Macao (6 had died and 789 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 8,050,901 in Taiwan (13,602 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).