March 17: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 16, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,317 new cases of confirmed infections (91 imported cases, 21 in Guangdong province, 15 in Shanghai municipality, 11 in Zhejiang province, 10 in Tianjin municipality, 8 in Beijing municipality, 6 in Shandong province, 5 in Jiangsu province, 5 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 4 in Liaoning province, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Yunnan province and 1 in Gansu province, including 19 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 7 in Zhejiang province, 6 in Guangdong province, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Tianjin municipality and 1 in Liaoning province; 1,226 indigenous cases, 742 in Jilin province including 455 in Jilin city, 268 in Changchun, 11 in Siping, 6 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture and 2 in Songyuan, 99 in Fujian province including 92 in Quanzhou, 5 in Xiamen, 1 in Sanming and 1 in Ningde, 83 in Guangdong province including 71 in Shenzhen, 7 in Dongguan, 4 in Guangzhou and 1 in Zhuhai, 62 in Liaoning province including 38 in Dalian, 21 in Yingkou and 3 in Shenyang, 48 in Tianjin municipality including 21 in Wuqing district, 10 in Xiqing district, 6 in Binhai New Area, 5 in Hongqiao district, 4 in Nankai district, 1 in Hexi district and 1 in Baodi district, 38 in Hebei province including 26 in Cangzhou and 12 in Langfang, 36 in Shandong province including 14 in Binzhou, 10 in Qingdao, 6 in Weihai, 2 in Linyi, 2 in Dezhou, 1 in Zibo and 1 in Yantai, 27 in Zhejiang province including 17 in Quzhou, 9 in Jiaxing and 1 in Shaoxing, 26 in Shaanxi province including 14 in Baoji, 4 in Tongchuan, 4 in Hanzhong, 2 in Xi’an and 2 in Xianyang, 16 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 12 in Gansu province including 8 in Lanzhou and 4 in Lanzhou New Area, 8 in Shanghai municipality including 4 in Jiading district, 2 in Xuhui district, 1 in Huangpu district and 1 in Minhang district, 7 in Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 5 in Jiangsu province including 3 in Lianyungang and 2 in Changzhou, 5 in Yunnan province including 3 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 1 in Kunming and 1 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 4 in Beijing municipality including 3 in Dongcheng district and 1 in Chaoyang district, 4 in Chongqing municipality including 2 in Shapingba district, 1 in Ba’nan district and 1 in Jiangjin district, 2 in Zunyi, Guizhou province, 1 in Tongling, Anhui province and 1 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, including 28 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 11 in Jilin province, 10 in Shandong province, 5 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Shanghai municipality and 1 in Guizhou province), 8 new cases of suspected infections (all were imported cases in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 247 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 6,206 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 5.

As of 24:00 on March 16, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 16,615 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 14,091 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 2,524 confirmed cases (including 1 case in serious condition) and 14 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 16, the National Health Commission had received reports of 123,773 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 104,287 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 14,850 confirmed cases (including 16 cases in serious condition) and 14 suspected cases. 1,919,136 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 244,428 were still under medical observation.

On March 16, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,310 new asymptomatic cases (104 imported cases; 1,206 indigenous cases, 415 in Jilin province including 400 in Jilin city, 6 in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture, 5 in Changchun and 4 in Siping, 178 in Hebei province including 169 in Langfang and 9 in Cangzhou, 150 in Shanghai municipality including 43 in Pudong New Area, 36 in Jiading district, 17 in Minhang district, 11 in Baoshan district, 10 in Hongkou district, 8 in Huangpu district, 5 in Xuhui district, 4 in Changning district, 4 in Putuo district, 4 in Songjiang district, 3 in Jing’an district, 2 in Yangpu district, 2 in Fengxian district and 1 in Qingpu district, 96 in Shandong province including 50 in Weihai, 15 in Zibo, 8 in Qingdao, 8 in Binzhou, 7 in Yantai, 7 in Weifang and 1 in Dezhou, 94 in Liaoning province including 75 in Dalian, 14 in Shenyang, 4 in Yingkou and 1 in Fuxin, 70 in Guangdong province including 45 in Dongguan, 20 in Shenzhen, 2 in Guangzhou, 2 in Shanwei and 1 in Huizhou, 67 in Jiangsu province including 26 in Nanjing, 18 in Changzhou, 14 in Lianyungang, 7 in Suzhou, 1 in Wuxi and 1 in Zhenjiang, 42 in Fujian province including 41 in Quanzhou and 1 in Longyan, 24 in Yunnan province including 23 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture and 1 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 23 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 11 in Qinzhou, 10 in Chongzuo, 1 in Liuzhou and 1 in Fangchenggang, 13 in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, 10 in Anhui province including 6 in Ma’anshan and 4 in Tongling, 8 in Gansu province including 6 in Lanzhou and 2 in Lanzhou New Area, 7 in Tianjin municipality including 4 in Binhai New Area, 2 in Wuqing district and 1 in Xiqing district, 4 in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 4 in Zhejiang province including 2 in Hangzhou and 2 in Jiaxing and 1 in Shapingba district, Chongqing municipality). 98 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 51 imported cases) and 47 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 19 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 16, 11,029 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,729 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 16, 291,707 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 270,133 in Hong Kong (4,847 had died and 30,281 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (79 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 21,492 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).