Oct 12: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Oct 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 417 new cases of confirmed infections (43 imported cases, 14 in Guangdong province, 11 in Fujian province, 6 in Jiangsu province, 4 in Sichuan province, 3 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 2 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and 1 in Shanghai municipality, including 9 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 2 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Jiangsu province, 2 in Fujian province, 1 in Guangdong province, 1 in Sichuan province and 1 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region; 374 indigenous cases, 78 in Shanxi province, 62 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 48 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 43 in Guangdong province, 25 in Liaoning province, 17 in Chongqing municipality, 14 in Hunan province, 14 in Sichuan province, 13 in Henan province, 10 in Beijing municipality, 7 in Shaanxi province, 6 in Heilongjiang province, 6 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 5 in Shandong province, 5 in Tibet autonomous region, 4 in Shanghai municipality, 4 in Yunnan province, 3 in Zhejiang province, 3 in Fujian province, 2 in Jiangsu province, 2 in Hainan province, 2 in Guizhou province and 1 in Hebei province, including 51 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 13 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 8 in Hunan province, 5 in Liaoning province, 5 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 4 in Shandong province, 4 in Sichuan province, 3 in Guangdong province, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Chongqing municipality, 2 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Zhejiang province and 1 in Guizhou province), no deaths, and 1 new case of suspected infections (an imported case in Shanghai municipality).

On Oct 11, 261 patients were released from hospital after being cured (64 imported cases; 197 indigenous cases, 48 in Sichuan province, 45 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 40 in Guizhou province, 16 in Guangdong province, 15 in Heilongjiang province, 7 in Shanxi province, 5 in Yunnan province, 4 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 3 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in Tibet autonomous region, 3 in Shaanxi province, 2 in Fujian province, 2 in Hunan province, 2 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 1 in Liaoning province and 1 in Shandong province). 31,830 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. The number of serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Oct 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 24,768 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 24,145 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 623 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case.

As of 24:00 on Oct 11, the National Health Commission had received reports of 254,483 confirmed cases and 5,226 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 244,997 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 4,260 confirmed cases (including 10 cases in serious condition) and 1 suspected case. 6,478,633 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 350,392 were still under medical observation.

On Oct 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 1,473 new asymptomatic cases (87 imported cases; 1,386 indigenous cases, 463 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 379 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 57 in Shanxi province, 48 in Yunnan province, 45 in Henan province, 41 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 40 in Gansu province, 34 in Shanghai municipality, 33 in Sichuan province, 28 in Shaanxi province, 27 in Chongqing municipality, 26 in Anhui province, 23 in Jiangsu province, 22 in Liaoning province, 19 in Tibet autonomous region, 17 in Shandong province, 15 in Hebei province, 15 in Hunan province, 13 in Heilongjiang province, 11 in Guangdong province, 10 in Jilin province, 9 in Hubei province, 4 in Tianjin municipality, 4 in Zhejiang province, 1 in Beijing municipality, 1 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and 1 in Guizhou province).

On Oct 11, 559 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (85 imported cases; 474 indigenous cases, 100 in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, 92 in Heilongjiang province, 88 in Guizhou province, 31 in Tibet autonomous region, 28 in Sichuan province, 27 in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 24 in Tianjin municipality, 19 in Shaanxi province, 9 in Shandong province, 8 in Liaoning province, 7 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, 7 in Guangdong province, 4 in Zhejiang province, 4 in Jiangxi province, 4 in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, 4 in Yunnan province, 3 in Henan province, 3 in Gansu province, 2 in Hebei province, 2 in Anhui province, 2 in Hubei province, 2 in Chongqing municipality, 1 in Shanxi province, 1 in Jilin province, 1 in Shanghai municipality and 1 in Qinghai province). 60 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 9 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Oct 11, 13,682 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 877 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Oct 11, 7,366,688 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 420,877 in Hong Kong (10,237 had died and 87,085 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 793 in Macao (6 had died and 787 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 6,945,018 in Taiwan (11,620 had died and 13,742 had been cured and discharged from hospital).