(fight against the new coronavirus) Yangzhou New confirmed cases dropped below 20 for two consecutive days, mainly concentrated in the control population
China News Service Yangzhou, August 15 (Cui Jiaming and Xu Shanshan) On the 15th, Yangzhou City held the 17th New coronavirus epidemic prevention and control press conference. Wang Jinsong, deputy director of the Yangzhou Municipal Health Commission, said that the number of confirmed cases reported in Yangzhou has dropped from more than 50 to less than 20, and the channels for discovering confirmed cases are mainly concentrated in the control population.
press conference site. Photo by Cui Jiaming
For two consecutive days, the number of new local confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Yangzhou has dropped below 20. From 0:00 to 24:00 on the 13th, 18 new local confirmed cases (including 1 mild case and 17 ordinary case), 14 people were in centralized isolation points, and 4 people were screened in the community; from 0:00 to 24:00 on the 14th, 18 new local confirmed cases (including 3 mild case and 15 ordinary case), 17 people were in centralized isolation points, and 1 person was isolated at home.
press conference site. Photo by Ge Yong
"There is still uncertainty in the development of the epidemic in Yangzhou. We cannot relax epidemic prevention measures. We need to resolutely implement the requirements of finding close contacts, and make sure that all the people should be isolated. We must strictly implement the control measures in the community, strengthen services and guarantees to support residents' daily life needs; in addition, we must continue to strengthen risk control at centralized isolation points to prevent infection risks." Wang Jinsong said.
Wang Jinsong reported that as of now, Yangzhou has reported a total of 546 local confirmed cases and 4 cases have been discharged from hospital. Among them, as of 24:00 on the 14th, a total of 251 confirmed cases were treated in Yangzhou Third People's Hospital, with 59 mild cases, 172 ordinary cases, 16 severe cases and 4 critical cases; 291 confirmed cases are currently being treated in Tangshan Campus of Nanjing Second Hospital (Nanjing Public Health Medical Center), with 42 mild cases, 227 ordinary cases, 10 severe cases, and 12 critical cases.
html Starting from 14th, the epidemic risk level in some areas of Yangzhou has been adjusted, with a total of 10 high-risk areas and 27 medium-risk areas. htmlOn 14, Yangzhou conducted nucleic acid screening in key areas and key groups in the main urban area, with a total of 1.198,600 people being sampled and tested. As of 24:00 on the 14th, all the positives detected on the same day were from quarantined people, and no community screening was found. (End)Source: China News Network
