Xinhua News Agency Beijing, April 21, National Health Commission 21 reported that from 0:00 to 24:00 on April 20, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2841 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia*. Among them, there were 11 imported cases (5 cases in Guangxi, 3 cases in Fujian, 1 case in Shanghai, 1 case in Guangdong, and 1 case in Yunnan), including 2 cases of asymptomatic infection from to confirmed cases (1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Guangxi); 2830 local cases* (2634 cases in Shanghai*, 95 cases in Jilin, 42 cases in Heilongjiang, 14 cases in Jiangxi, 8 cases in Jiangsu, 8 cases in Guangdong, 6 cases in Zhejiang, 5 cases in Shanxi, 4 cases in Sichuan, 4 cases in Qinghai, 3 cases in Hunan, 1 case in Beijing, 1 case in Hebei, 1 case in Inner Mongolia, 1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Shandong, 1 case in Henan, and 1 case in Yunnan), including 500 cases of asymptomatic infection from 259 cases in Jilin, 32 cases in Jilin, 2 cases in Zhejiang, 2 cases in Guangdong, 1 case in Fujian, and 1 case in Shandong). There were 8 new deaths, all of which were local cases, in Shanghai; there were no new suspected cases.
On the same day, 2,183 new cured and discharged cases were reported, including 14 imported cases and 2,169 local cases (1173 in Shanghai, 913 in Jilin, 14 in Shandong, 13 in Fujian, 10 in Zhejiang, 10 in Sichuan, 8 in Guangdong, 7 in Jiangsu, 4 in Hainan, 3 in Shaanxi, 2 in Beijing, 2 in Hebei, 2 in Liaoning, 2 in Heilongjiang, 2 in Guangxi, 1 in Shanxi, 1 in Inner Mongolia, 1 in Hunan, and 1 in Qinghai), 271,085 close contacts of who have been released from medical observation, and the number of severe cases increased by 107 compared with the previous day.
There are 233 confirmed cases (no severe cases) imported from abroad and 2 suspected cases. A total of 18,061 confirmed cases have been reported, 17,828 cured and discharged cases, and no deaths have been reported.
As of 24:00 on April 20, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there are 31,421 confirmed cases (including 223 severe cases), 157,869 cases have been cured and discharged*, 4,663 deaths have been reported, 193,953 confirmed cases have been reported*, and there are 2 suspected cases. A total of 3021,806 close contacts have been traced, and 425,756 close contacts are still under medical observation.
31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 16,617 new asymptomatic infections, including 65 imported cases and 16,552 local cases (15,861 in Shanghai, 261 in Jilin, 111 in Jiangsu, 93 in Heibei, 31 in Zhejiang, 31 in Jiangxi, 30 in Anhui, 26 in Shanxi, 25 in Henan, 23 in Heilongjiang, 20 in Shandong, 9 in Qinghai, 6 in Liaoning, 6 in Guangxi, 6 in Yunnan, 4 in Guangdong, 4 in Sichuan, 3 in Hubei, 3 in Fujian, 1 in Corps).
21,143 asymptomatic infections were released from medical observation on the same day, including 68 imported cases and 21,075 local cases (19,124 cases in Shanghai, 1,473 cases in Jilin, 89 cases in Guangxi, 71 cases in Shandong, 67 cases in Hebei, 65 cases in Liaoning, 52 cases in Jiangsu, 44 cases in Fujian, 23 cases in Anhui, 15 cases in Hubei, 12 cases in Guangdong, 7 cases in Gansu, 6 cases in Hainan, 6 cases in Yunnan, 5 cases in Henan, 4 cases in Qinghai, 3 cases in Zhejiang, 2 cases in Heilongjiang, 2 cases in Xinjiang, 1 case in Shanxi, 1 case in Jiangxi, 1 case in Sichuan, 1 case in Guizhou, and 1 case in Shaanxi); 502 cases were converted to confirmed cases on the same day* (2 cases imported from abroad); 261,262 asymptomatic infections are still under medical observation* (745 cases imported from abroad).
has received a total of 350,502 confirmed cases reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there were 310,234 cases in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (68,755 cases discharged and 9,186 cases died), 82 cases in the Macao Special Administrative Region (82 cases discharged), and 40,186 cases in Taiwan (13,742 cases discharged and 856 cases died).
Note: *2 cases of additional information.
