Oct 11: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Oct 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 21 new cases of confirmed infections (all were imported cases, 10 in Shanghai municipality, 6 in Guangdong province, 3 in Sichuan province, 1 in Liaoning province and 1 in Fujian province), 5 new cases of suspected infections (all were imported cases, 4 in Shanghai and 1 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region), and no deaths. 9 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 864 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 1.

As of 24:00 on Oct 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 3,008 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 2,790 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 218 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and 9 suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Oct 10, the National Health Commission had received reports of 85,557 confirmed cases and 4,634 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland, and in all 80,705 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 218 confirmed cases (no cases in serious condition) and 9 suspected cases. 840,380 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 7,906 were still under medical observation.

On Oct 10, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 23 new asymptomatic cases (all were imported cases). 20 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (all were imported cases) and 2 (imported cases) became confirmed cases. As of 24:00 on Oct 10, 381 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 379 imported cases).

As of 24:00 on Oct 10, 5,748 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 5,175 in Hong Kong (105 had died and 4,914 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 527 in Taiwan (7 had died and 488 had been cured and discharged from hospital).