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June 22: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
Updated: Jun 22, 2020
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On June 21, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 18 new cases of confirmed infections (7 imported cases, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Shaanxi province, 1 in Tianjin municipality and 1 in Liaoning province; 11 indigenous cases, 9 in Beijing municipality and 2 in Hebei province), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both are indigenous cases in Beijing), and no deaths. No patients were cured and discharged from hospital. 144 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 3.
As of 24:00 on June 21, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had reported 1,876 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 1,787 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 89 confirmed cases (including 1 in serious condition) and no suspected cases.
As of 24:00 on June 21, the National Health Commission had received reports of 83,396 confirmed cases and 4,634 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and in all 78,413 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 349 confirmed cases (including 12 cases in serious condition) and 15 suspected cases. 758,023 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 7,236 were still under medical observation.
On June 21, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 7 new asymptomatic cases (including 1 imported case). 3 asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases) were freed from medical observation and 1 (indigenous case) became a confirmed case. As of 24:00 on June 21, 114 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 56 imported cases).
As of 24:00 on June 21, 1,622 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 1,131 in Hong Kong (5 had died and 1,078 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 45 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 446 in Taiwan (7 had died and 434 had been cured and discharged from hospital).
