Sept 5: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Sept 4, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 28 new cases of confirmed infections (all were imported cases, 9 in Shanghai municipality, 9 in Yunnan province, 4 in Guangdong province, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Beijing municipality and 1 in Sichuan province, including 3 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 1 in Tianjin, 1 in Guangdong and 1 in Sichuan), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 60 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 756 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 Sept 4, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 8,450 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 7,824 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 626 confirmed cases (including 4 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Sept 4, the National Health Commission had received reports of 95,010 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 89,498 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 876 confirmed cases (including 5 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 1,166,128 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 15,324 were still under medical observation.

On Sept 4, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 23 new asymptomatic cases (22 imported cases; 1 indigenous case in Guangzhou in Guangdong). 23 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 10 imported cases) and 3 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Sept 4, 421 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 380 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Sept 4, 28,189 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 12,113 in Hong Kong (212 had died and 11,802 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 63 in Macao (60 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 16,013 in Taiwan (837 had died and 13,745 had been cured and discharged from hospital).