Thursday, January 21, 2021

China NHC Reports 144 New COVID Cases In Last 24 Hours


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With the caveat that just about everything we know about COVID-19 in China is comes from `filtered and pre-approved' reports from State-run media, China's reported iron grip on COVID-19 appears to be slipping, with more than 1,600 new cases reported over the past 3 weeks. 

Yesterday, in China: Beijing Lockdown Over COVID Variants - Biggest Surge In Cases Since Marchthe daily total was 103 cases (15 imported, 88 domestic).  Today, that number rises to 144 cases (18 imported, 126 domestic). 

Heilongjiang Province - which borders Russia - shows the biggest jump in cases, going from 16 yesterday to 68 cases in this latest report. They are followed by Jilin with 33 cases, Hebei with 20 cases, while Beijing reports only 2 new cases.
The latest situation of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic as of 24:00 on January 20
 Release time: 2021-01-21 Source: Health Emergency Office

1 Yue 20 Ri 0-24 , the 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps report new confirmed cases 144 cases, of which foreign imported cases 18 cases (Shanghai 9 cases of Tianjin 5 cases, Beijing 1 cases, Hubei 1 cases, Guangdong 1 cases, Guangxi 1 case), indigenous cases of 126 patients (Heilongjiang 68 cases, Jilin 33 cases, Hebei 20 cases, Beijing 2 cases, Shanxi 2 cases, Shandong 1 cases); no new deaths; new The 5 suspected cases are all imported cases (all in Shanghai).

On the same day, 19 new cases were cured and discharged , and 1,246 close contacts were released from medical observation. There were 6 more severe cases than the previous day .

There are 288 confirmed cases imported from abroad (including 2 severe cases ), and 5 suspected cases . A total of 4563 confirmed cases , a total of 4275 cured and discharged cases , and no deaths.

As of 1 Yue 20 Ri 24 when, according to 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps report, existing confirmed cases 1598 cases (including severe cases 68 cases), the cumulative cured cases 82 468 cases of cumulative deaths 4635 Li A total of 88,701 confirmed cases have been reported , and there are 5 suspected cases . Cumulative traced to close contact with 947,364 people, is still under medical observation in close contact with 36874 people.

31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 113 new asymptomatic infections ( 16 imported from abroad ); 56 confirmed cases ( 1 imported from overseas ) were converted on the same day; 32 medical observations were lifted that day ( 13 cases imported from abroad ); 844 cases of asymptomatic infection are still under medical observation ( 268 cases imported from abroad ).

A total of 10,713 confirmed cases have been notified from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan . Among them, there were 9997 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( 8865 discharged cases and 166 deaths), 46 cases in Macau Special Administrative Region ( 46 discharged cases), and 870 cases in Taiwan ( 769 discharged cases and 7 deaths).

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