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Jan 12: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

Updated: 2021-01-12

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On Jan 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 55 new cases of confirmed infections (13 imported cases, 4 in Shanghai municipality, 3 in Liaoning province, 2 in Tianjin municipality, 1 in Fujian province, 1 in Henan province, 1 in Guangdong province and 1 in Shaanxi province; 42 indigenous cases, 40 in Hebei province, 1 in Beijing municipality and 1 in Heilongjiang province), no new cases of suspected infections, and no deaths. 31 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 567 people who had had close contact with infected patients were freed from medical observation. Serious cases decreased by 2.

As of 24:00 on Jan 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland had reported 4,443 cases of imported confirmed infections and no deaths. In all, 4,152 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 291 confirmed cases (including 4 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on Jan 11, the National Health Commission had received reports of 87,591 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 82,260 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital. There still remained 697 confirmed cases (including 18 cases in serious condition) and no suspected cases. 926,793 people had been identified as having had close contact with infected patients. 27,830 were still under medical observation.

On Jan 11, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 81 new asymptomatic cases (including 10 imported cases). 17 asymptomatic cases were freed from medical observation (including 12 imported cases) and 5 asymptomatic cases became confirmed cases (including 2 imported cases). As of 24:00 on Jan 11, 565 asymptomatic cases were still under medical observation (including 256 imported cases). 

As of 24:00 on Jan 11, 10,163 confirmed infections had been reported in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan province: 9,283 in Hong Kong (159 had died and 8,468 had been cured and discharged from hospital), 46 in Macao (all had been cured and discharged from hospital) and 834 in Taiwan (7 had died and 726 had been cured and discharged from hospital).