China News Service, February 28. According to the official WeChat message from the Guangdong Health Commission, as of 24:00 on February 27, the province has reported a total of 1348 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, a total of 919 hospital discharges and 7 deaths. On the 27th, one new case was confirmed in the province, one in Dongguan. There were 46 new hospital discharges, 5 of which were cured and discharged from severe cases, and 41 were discharged from normal or light cases. There were 2 suspected cases. 1093 close contacts are under medical observation.

Among the cumulative reported cases, there were 417 cases in Shenzhen, 346 in Guangzhou, 98 in Zhuhai, 98 in Dongguan, 84 in Foshan, 66 in Zhongshan, 62 in Huizhou, 25 in Shantou, and 23 in Jiangmen. 22 cases in Zhanjiang City, 19 cases in Zhaoqing City, 16 cases in Meizhou City, 14 cases in Maoming City, 14 cases in Yangjiang City, 12 cases in Qingyuan City, 10 cases in Shaoguan City, 8 cases in Jieyang City, 5 cases in Shanwei City, and 5 cases in Chaozhou City. And 4 cases in Heyuan City. There were 663 males and 685 females, aged between 2 months and 90 years.

As of 24:00 on February 27, of the 422 confirmed cases in the hospital, 40 were light, 342 were normal, 18 were heavy, and 22 were critical.