April 1: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On March 31, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,827 new cases of confirmed infections (40 imported cases, 19 in Sichuan province, 7 in Shanghai municipality, 5 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Guangdong province, 2 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and 1 in Yunnan province, including 22 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 17 in Sichuan province and 5 in Zhejiang province; 1,787 indigenous cases, 1,363 in Jilin province including 1,078 in Changchun, 276 in Jilin city, 6 in Siping and 3 in Baicheng, 358 in Shanghai municipality including 182 in Pudong New Area, 60 in Minhang district, 43 in Changning district, 18 in Xuhui district, 7 in Huangpu district, 7 in Putuo district, 7 in Hongkou district, 7 in Jiading district, 5 in Yangpu district, 5 in Songjiang district, 5 in Fengxian district, 4 in Jing’an district, 3 in Baoshan district, 3 in Jinshan district, 1 in Qingpu district and 1 in Chongming district, 16 in Heilongjiang province including 9 in Jiamusi, 5 in Harbin and 2 in Daqing, 10 in Zhejiang province including 4 in Ningbo, 3 in Hangzhou, 2 in Huzhou and 1 in Jiaxing, 9 in Jiangsu province including 4 in Xuzhou, 2 in Yancheng, 2 in Zhenjiang and 1 in Wuxi, 5 in Fujian province including 4 in Quanzhou and 1 in Ningde, 4 in Shandong province including 2 in Jinan, 1 in Yantai and 1 in Jining, 4 in Guangdong province including 1 in Zhuhai, 1 in Zhaoqing, 1 in Dongguan and 1 in Zhongshan, 3 in Henan province including 1 in Zhengzhou, 1 in Luoyang and 1 in Xinyang, 3 in Hunan province including 2 in Hengyang and 1 in Loudi, 2 in Hebei province including 1 in Baoding and 1 in Langfang, 2 in Yingkou, Liaoning province, 2 in Anhui province including 1 in Huainan and 1 in Fuyang, 2 in Qionghai, Hainan province, 1 in Xiqing district, Tianjin municipality, 1 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, 1 in Leshan, Sichuan province and 1 in Guiyang, Guizhou province, including 56 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 24 in Jilin province, 20 in Shanghai municipality, 5 in Zhejiang province, 2 in Liaoning province, 2 in Fujian province, 1 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Anhui province and 1 in Shandong province), 2 new cases of suspected infections (both were imported cases in Shanghai municipality), and no deaths. 1,120 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 18,941 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases remained the same.

As of 24:00 on March 31, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 17,510 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 16,815 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 695 confirmed cases (no serious cases) and 20 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on March 31, the National Health Commission had received reports of 151,103 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 117,159 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 29,306 confirmed cases (including 66 cases in serious condition) and 20 suspected cases. 2,337,175 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 378,105 were still under medical observation.

On March 31, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 5,559 new asymptomatic cases (117 imported cases; 5,442 indigenous cases, 4,144 in Shanghai municipality including 2,224 in Pudong New Area, 330 in Minhang district, 215 in Changning district, 206 in Xuhui district, 185 in Songjiang district, 172 in Fengxian district, 169 in Yangpu district, 158 in Jing’an district, 118 in Hongkou district, 117 in Huangpu district, 97 in Qingpu district, 47 in Jiading district, 42 in Chongming district, 39 in Jinshan district, 14 in Baoshan district and 11 in Putuo district, 871 in Jilin province including 444 in Changchun, 426 in Jilin city and 1 in Baishan, 73 in Fujian province including 66 in Quanzhou, 4 in Ningde, 2 in Fuzhou and 1 in Putian, 61 in Liaoning province including 50 in Shenyang, 6 in Dalian, 3 in Yingkou, 1 in Anshan and 1 in Huludao, 50 in Hebei province including 32 in Tangshan, 17 in Langfang and 1 in Xingtai, 49 in Anhui province including 22 in Huainan, 15 in Fuyang, 5 in Wuhu, 3 in Bengbu, 2 in Ma’anshan, 1 in Tongling and 1 in Xuancheng, 34 in Jiangsu province including 13 in Suzhou, 9 in Nantong, 6 in Wuxi, 3 in Xuzhou, 1 in Huai’an, 1 in Zhenjiang and 1 in Suqian, 28 in Shandong province including 9 in Binzhou, 7 in Zaozhuang, 4 in Linyi, 3 in Qingdao, 3 in Yantai, 1 in Jinan and 1 in Dezhou, 18 in Jiangxi province including 16 in Nanchang and 2 in Shangrao, 17 in Heilongjiang province including 12 in Jiamusi, 3 in Harbin and 2 in Heihe, 17 in Henan province including 8 in Zhoukou, 2 in Luoyang, 2 in Hebi, 2 in Xinyang, 2 in Zhumadian and 1 in Zhengzhou, 16 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region including 14 in Baise and 2 in Fangchenggang, 14 in Guangdong province including 8 in Dongguan, 2 in Shenzhen, 1 in Guangzhou, 1 in Shantou, 1 in Zhaoqing and 1 in Huizhou, 13 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region including 10 in Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture and 3 in Urumqi, 9 in Lanzhou, Gansu province, 8 in Zhejiang province including 3 in Hangzhou, 3 in Jiaxing, 1 in Huzhou and 1 in Quzhou, 5 in Hubei province including 3 in Huangshi, 1 in Ezhou and 1 in Suizhou, 3 in Tianjin municipality including 1 in Hebei district, 1 in Dongli district and 1 in Binhai New Area, 2 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 2 in Changsha, Hunan province, 2 in Sanya, Hainan province, 2 in Chongqing municipality including 1 in Nan’an district and 1 in Liangping district, 2 in Sichuan province including 1 in Deyang and 1 in Leshan, and 2 in Yunnan province including 1 in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture and 1 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture). 1,336 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 115 imported cases) and 78 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 22 imported cases). As of 24:00 on March 31, 59,056 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 1,182 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on March 31, 309,789 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 286,313 in Hong Kong (7,825 had died and 47,181 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 82 in Macao (81 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 23,394 in Taiwan (853 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).