March 14: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 13, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,437 new cases of confirmed infections (100 imported cases, 42 in Guangdong province, 16 in Shanghai municipality, 9 in Zhejiang province, 8 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 8 in Sichuan province, 5 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Shandong province, 3 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Jiangsu province, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Henan province, 1 in Yunnan province and 1 in Gansu province, including 21 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 8 in Zhejiang, 6 in Guangdong, 6 in Sichuan and 1 in Henan; 1,337 indigenous cases, 895 in Jilin province including 453 in Jilin city, 430 in Changchun, 7 in Siping, 4 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 1 in Songyuan, 92 in Shandong including 68 in Qingdao, 13 in Dezhou, 7 in Zibo, 2 in Binzhou, 1 in Weihai and 1 in Yantai, 79 in Guangdong including 75 in Shenzhen, 2 in Dongguan, 1 in Guangzhou and 1 in Zhongshan, 60 in Shaanxi province including 45 in Baoji, 14 in Xi’an and 1 in Hanzhong, 51 in Hebei province including 30 in Langfang, 19 in Cangzhou and 2 in Xingtai, 41 in Shanghai including 9 in Minhang district, 7 in Pudong New Area, 6 in Jing’an district, 5 in Jiading district, 4 in Xuhui district, 3 in Huangpu district, 2 in Qingpu district, 1 in Changning district, 1 in Hongkou district, 1 in Jinshan district, 1 in Songjiang district and 1 in Fengxian district, 40 in Tianjin including 16 in Wuqing district, 6 in Nankai district, 5 in Hexi district, 4 in Binhai New Area, 3 in Jinnan district, 2 in Hongqiao district, 2 in Xiqing district and 2 in Beichen district, 16 in Jiangsu including 12 in Lianyungang, 3 in Changzhou and 1 in Suqian, 12 in Gansu including 8 in Lanzhou and 4 in Lanzhou New Area, 10 in Quanzhou, Fujian, 9 in Liaoning province including 5 in Yingkou, 2 in Tieling, 1 in Shenyang and 1 in Panjin, 7 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 6 in Beijing including 3 in Chaoyang district, 2 in Haidian district and 1 in Shunyi district, 6 in Zhejiang including 4 in Hangzhou, 1 in Jiaxing and 1 in Quzhou, 6 in Shapingba district, Chongqing municipality, 4 in Yunnan including 3 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 1 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, and 3 in Qinzhou, Guangxi, including 77 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 41 in Jilin province, 26 in Shandong, 4 in Shaanxi, 2 in Tianjin, 2 in Shanghai, 1 in Jiangsu and 1 in Guangdong), 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai), and no deaths. 135 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 8,222 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 2.

As of 24:00 on March 13, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 16,337 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 13,727 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,610 confirmed cases (including 2 cases in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 13, the National Health Commission had received reports of 116,902 confirmed cases (reduced by 1 after verification) and 4,636 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 103,735 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 8,531 confirmed cases (reduced by 1 after verification and including 8 cases in serious condition) and 5 suspected cases. 1,813,869 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 161,403 were still under medical observation.

On March 13, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 906 new asymptomatic cases (118 imported cases; 788 indigenous cases, 162 in Hebei including 145 in Langfang, 13 in Cangzhou and 4 in Xingtai, 151 in Guangdong including 140 in Dongguan and 11 in Shenzhen, 131 in Jilin including 120 in Jilin city, 3 in Changchun, 3 in Siping, 2 in Meihekou, 1 in Baishan, 1 in Songyuan and 1 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, 128 in Shanghai including 34 in Pudong New Area, 21 in Minhang district, 14 in Xuhui district, 14 in Jiading district, 9 in Huangpu district, 7 in Songjiang district, 6 in Putuo district, 6 in Jinshan district, 4 in Jing’an district, 3 in Hongkou district , 3 in Yangpu district, 3 in Baoshan district, 2 in Qingpu district, 1 in Changning district and 1 in Fengxian district, 97 in Shandong including 35 in Weihai, 32 in Qingdao, 14 in Zibo, 8 in Dezhou, 5 in Weifang and 3 in Yantai, 35 in Yunnan including 20 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 13 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 1 in Kunming and 1 in Lincang, 23 in Jiangsu including 16 in Lianyungang, 3 in Suzhou, 2 in Nanjing, 1 in Changzhou and 1 in Taizhou, 15 in Gansu including 9 in Lanzhou New Area, 4 in Lanzhou and 2 in Baiyin, 14 in Guangxi including 10 in Chongzuo, 3 in Fangchenggang and 1 in Liuzhou, 12 in Tianjin including 4 in Xiqing district, 4 in Wuqing district, 2 in Hongqiao district, 1 in Hexi district and 1 in Nankai district, 10 in Heilongjiang including 8 in Harbin and 2 in Mudanjiang, 4 in Jiangxi province including 2 in Nanchang, 1 in Ganzhou and 1 in Shangrao, 2 in Haidian district, Beijing, 2 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 1 in Chuzhou, Anhui province and 1 in Shapingba district, Chongqing). 56 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 34 imported cases) and 98 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 21 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 13, 7,039 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,549 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 13, 280,757 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 259,387 in Hong Kong (3,993 had died and 27,943 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 21,288 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).