Chinese Mainland Reports 40 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases
Yicai Global
DATE:  Jun 16 2020
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Chinese Mainland Reports 40 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Chinese Mainland Reports 40 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases

(Yicai Global) June 16 -- Chinese health authority said today that it received reports of 40 new confirmed Covid-19 cases yesterday, of which 32 were domestically transmitted and eight were imported.

Of the domestically transmitted cases, 27 were reported in Beijing, four in Hebei province and one in Sichuan province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

Among the imported cases, three were reported in Shanghai, three in Guangdong province, one in Liaoning province and one in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to the comission.

No deaths were reported yesterday on the mainland, while three new suspected cases were reported with one imported in Shanghai and two domestically transmitted in Beijing, the commission said.

As of yesterday, the mainland had reported a total of 1,845 imported cases. Of the cases, 1,752 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery and 93 were being treated.

The commission said seven people were discharged from hospitals after recovery yesterday while the number of severe cases increased by three to five.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 83,221 by yesterday, including 210 patients who were still being treated, 78,377 people who had been discharged after recovery, and 4,634 people who died of the disease.

The commission said four people, including two arriving from abroad, were still suspected of being infected with the virus.

It added that 4,340 close contacts were still under medical observation while 225 people were discharged from medical observation yesterday.

Also yesterday, six new asymptomatic cases, including two from abroad, were reported on the mainland. The commission said 110 suspected asymptomatic cases, including 63 from overseas, were still under medical observation.

By the end of yesterday, 1,112 confirmed cases had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including four deaths), 45 in the Macau Special Administrative Region and 445 in Taiwan (including seven deaths).

A total of 1,067 patients in Hong Kong, 45 in Macau and 433 in Taiwan have been discharged from hospital after recovery.

Editor: Xia Ruirui

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