March 31: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 30, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,839 new cases of confirmed infections (36 imported cases, 18 in Sichuan province, 8 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 3 in Shanghai municipality, 3 in Guangdong province, 2 in Beijing municipality and 2 in Zhejiang province, including 19 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 17 in Sichuan province and 2 in Zhejiang province; 1,803 indigenous cases, 1,340 in Jilin province including 997 in Changchun, 333 in Jilin city, 6 in Siping and 4 in Baicheng, 355 in Shanghai municipality including 252 in Pudong New Area, 17 in Minhang district, 16 in Huangpu district, 14 in Xuhui district, 9 in Jiading district, 8 in Changning district, 8 in Jing’an district, 8 in Songjiang district, 7 in Fengxian district, 6 in Putuo district, 5 in Qingpu district, 3 in Yangpu district, 1 in Hongkou district and 1 in Baoshan district, 19 in Heilongjiang province including 11 in Jiamusi, 5 in Harbin, 2 in Mudanjiang and 1 in Suihua, 15 in Zhoukou, Henan province, 11 in Fujian province including 8 in Quanzhou, 2 in Xiamen and 1 in Ningde, 11 in Guangdong province including 6 in Shenzhen, 3 in Dongguan, 1 in Guangzhou and 1 in Zhuhai, 10 in Zhejiang province including 4 in Jiaxing, 3 in Ningbo, 1 in Hangzhou, 1 in Huzhou and 1 in Shaoxing, 9 in Liaoning province including 7 in Shenyang and 2 in Yingkou, 5 in Hebei province including 3 in Langfang, 1 in Tangshan and 1 in Baoding, 5 in Jiangsu province including 2 in Yancheng, 1 in Wuxi, 1 in Zhenjiang and 1 in Taizhou, 4 in Tianjin municipality including 3 in Xiqing district and 1 in Jinghai district, 3 in Sichuan province including 2 in Leshan and 1 in Suining, 2 in Xinzhou, Shanxi province, 2 in Shandong province including 1 in Jinan and 1 in Heze, 2 in Hunan province including 1 in Hengyang and 1 in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture, 2 in Haikou, Hainan province, 2 in Chongqing municipality including 1 in Nan’an district and 1 in Yunyang county, 2 in Yunnan province including 1 in Qujing and 1 in Pu’er, 1 in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Huainan, Anhui province, 1 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province and 1 in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, including 56 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 20 in Jilin province, 16 in Shanghai municipality, 6 in Fujian province, 3 in Heilongjiang province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Liaoning province, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 1 in Jiangsu province and 1 in Chongqing municipality), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 1,403 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 24,470 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases increased by 4.

As of 24:00 on March 30, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,470 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 16,714 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 756 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 18 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 30, the National Health Commission had received reports of 149,276 confirmed cases and 4,638 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 116,039 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 28,599 confirmed cases (including 66 cases in serious condition) and 18 suspected cases. 2,306,745 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 367,516 were still under medical observation.

On March 30, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 6,720 new asymptomatic cases (69 imported cases; 6,651 indigenous cases, 5,298 in Shanghai municipality including 1,949 in Pudong New Area, 761 in Minhang district, 506 in Baoshan district, 385 in Xuhui district, 347 in Huangpu district, 240 in Songjiang district, 195 in Chongming district, 151 in Jiading district, 142 in Putuo district, 123 in Fengxian district, 122 in Changning district, 96 in Yangpu district, 92 in Jing’an district, 83 in Hongkou district, 73 in Qingpu district and 33 in Jinshan district, 835 in Jilin province including 422 in Changchun, 408 in Jilin city, 3 in Baishan, 1 in Siping and 1 in Baicheng, 129 in Fujian province including 121 in Quanzhou, 3 in Xiamen, 3 in Putian, 1 in Fuzhou and 1 in Ningde, 78 in Hebei province including 49 in Tangshan, 27 in Langfang, 1 in Qinhuangdao and 1 in Baoding, 66 in Anhui province including 50 in Huainan, 9 in Wuhu, 3 in Fuyang, 2 in Ma’anshan, 1 in Bengbu and 1 in Tongling, 42 in Liaoning province including 26 in Shenyang, 7 in Yingkou, 3 in Dalian, 3 in Huludao, 2 in Liaoyang and 1 in Anshan, 41 in Jiangsu province including 18 in Suzhou, 10 in Xuzhou, 4 in Wuxi, 4 in Nantong, 3 in Suqian, 1 in Nanjing and 1 in Zhenjiang, 25 in Shandong province including 11 in Binzhou, 6 in Zaozhuang, 5 in Jinan, 1 in Weifang, 1 in Weihai and 1 in Linyi, 23 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region including 20 in Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture and 3 in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture, 21 in Heilongjiang province including 12 in Jiamusi, 5 in Harbin, 2 in Yichun and 2 in Suihua, 19 in Henan province including 14 in Zhoukou, 3 in Zhumadian, 1 in Zhengzhou and 1 in Xinxiang, 17 in Zhejiang province including 9 in Jiaxing, 4 in Hangzhou, 2 in Ningbo and 2 in Lishui, 11 in Jiangxi province including 8 in Nanchang, 2 in Jiujiang and 1 in Ganzhou, 11 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 6 in Fangchenggang, 3 in Baise and 2 in Nanning, 8 in Guangdong province including 5 in Dongguan and 3 in Shenzhen, 8 in Lanzhou, Gansu province, 5 in Hubei province including 3 in Xiaogan, 1 in Xiangyang and 1 in Huanggang, 5 in Yunnan province including 2 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, 1 in Kunming, 1 in Lincang and 1 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, 3 in Changsha, Hunan province, 2 in Tianjin municipality including 1 in Hedong district and 1 in Xiqing district, 2 in Haikou, Hainan province, 1 in Changzhi, Shanxi province, and 1 in Liupanshui, Guizhou province). 1,155 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 115 imported cases) and 75 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 19 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 30, 54,911 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,202 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 30, 309,023 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 285,786 in Hong Kong (7,706 had died and 45,765 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (81 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 23,155 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).