China News Service, Shijiazhuang, January 10 (Pei Guorong, Li Xiaowei) On the afternoon of the 10th, the third Hebei Province New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Press Conference was held in Shijiazhuang.

According to Xu Jianpei, deputy governor of the Hebei Provincial People’s Government and deputy head and office director of the Hebei Provincial Leading Group for Response to the Epidemic, from 0-10 on January 10, 40 newly confirmed cases in Hebei, all in Shijiazhuang City, among them Gao 17 cases in Xiaoguozhuang Village, urban area.

  According to the report, since January 2, Hebei Province has discovered a total of 223 local confirmed cases and 161 local asymptomatic infections.

Of the 40 newly confirmed locally confirmed cases, 26 were asymptomatic infections and turned into confirmed cases.

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