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Nov 21: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

Updated: Nov 21, 2020 en.nhc.gov.cn Print
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On Nov 20, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 16 new cases of confirmed infections (9 imported cases in Shanghai municipality; 7 indigenous cases, 5 in Tianjin municipality and 2 in Shanghai), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 19 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,006 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases remained unchanged.

As of 24:00 on Nov 20, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 3,761 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 3,465 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 296 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Nov 20, the National Health Commission had received reports of 86,414 confirmed cases and 4,634 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 81,472 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 308 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 875,547 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 11,892 were still under medical observation.

On Nov 20, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 18 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 13 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 11 imported cases) and no asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Nov 20, 378 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 374 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Nov 20, 6,174 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 5,517 in Hong Kong (108 had died and 5,239 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 611 in Taiwan (7 had died and 546 had been cured and discharged from hospital).

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