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April 20: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

Updated: Apr 20, 2021 en.nhc.gov.cn Print
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On April 19, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 10 new cases of confirmed infections (9 imported cases, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 2 in Fujian province, 1 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Hubei province, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Shaanxi province; 1 indigenous case in Yunnan province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 14 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 231 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on April 19, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 5,524 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 5,283 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 241 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and 4 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 19, the National Health Commission had received reports of 90,520 confirmed cases and 4,636 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 85,573 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 311 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and 4 suspected cases. 1,003,205 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 10,728 were still under medical observation.

On April 19, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 9 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 13 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 12 imported cases) and 2 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on April 19, 316 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 302 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 19, 12,820 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 11,695 in Hong Kong (209 had died and 11,274 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 49 in Macao (48 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 1,076 in Taiwan (11 had died and 1,034 had been cured and discharged from hospital).

 

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