Chinanews.com, August 21. According to the official website of the National Health Commission, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 22 new confirmed cases from 0-24 on August 20, all overseas Imported cases (11 in Shanghai, 6 in Tianjin, 3 in Shandong, 1 in Jiangsu, and 1 in Sichuan); no new deaths; no new suspected cases.
On the same day, 47 new cases were cured and discharged, and 2,264 close contacts were released from medical observation. The number of severe cases decreased by 4 compared with the previous day.
There are 204 confirmed cases imported from abroad (no severe cases) and no existing suspected cases. A total of 2,368 confirmed cases, a total of 2,164 cured and discharged cases, and no deaths.
As of 24:00 on August 20, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there are currently 491 confirmed cases (including 20 severe cases), 79,792 cured and discharged cases, and 4,634 deaths. A total of 84,917 confirmed cases have been reported, and there are no existing suspected cases. A total of 809,209 close contacts have been traced, and 14,599 close contacts are still under medical observation.
31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 23 new asymptomatic infections (22 imported from abroad); 3 confirmed cases (all imported from abroad) on the same day; 19 medical observations were lifted that day ( 6 cases imported from abroad); 353 cases of asymptomatic infection are still under medical observation (248 cases imported from abroad).
A total of 5136 confirmed cases have been notified from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there were 4604 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (3827 discharged from hospital and 75 deaths), 46 cases in Macau Special Administrative Region (46 discharged from hospital), and 486 cases in Taiwan (457 discharged from hospital and 7 deaths).