April 12: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On April 11, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 99 new cases of confirmed infections (97 imported cases and 2 indigenous cases in Heilongjiang province), 49 new cases of suspected infections (all are imported cases, 43 in Shanghai municipality, 3 in Heilongjiang, 2 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and 1 in Jilin province), and no deaths. 50 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 1,534 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 2.

As of 24:00 on April 11, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had reported 1,280 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 481 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 799 confirmed cases (including 36 in serious condition) and 82 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on April 11, the National Health Commission had received 82,052 reports of confirmed cases and 3,339 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and in all 77,575 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 1,138 confirmed cases (including 139 in serious condition) and 82 suspected cases. So far, 718,881 people have been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 9,722 are now under medical observation.

On April 11, Hubei province reported no new cases of confirmed infections, no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 17 patients (all in Wuhan) were released from hospital after being cured.

As of 24:00 on April 11, Hubei had reported 67,803 cases of confirmed infections (including 50,008 in Wuhan) and 3,219 deaths (including 2,577 in Wuhan). In all, 64,281 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital, including 47,129 in Wuhan. There still remained 303 confirmed cases (including 302 in Wuhan), with 93 in serious condition (including 92 in Wuhan). There were no suspected cases.

On April 11, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 63 new asymptomatic cases (including 12 imported cases). 55 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 4 imported cases) and 14 became confirmed cases (all are imported cases). As of 24:00 on April 11, 1,086 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 332 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on April 11, 1,430 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 1,000 in Hong Kong (4 had been dead and 336 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 45 in Macao (10 had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 385 in Taiwan (6 had been dead and 99 had been cured and discharged from hospital).