(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of confirmed cases in Hohhot reaches 199. The youngest case is 2 years old
China News Service, Hohhot, February 22 (Reporter Li Aiping) A press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hohhot City was held here on the 22nd. According to the official report, as of 14:00 on February 22, the city has reported a total of local new crown pneumonia epidemics. There are 199 confirmed cases of pneumonia.
Wang Dawei, deputy director of the Hohhot Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that at present, all confirmed cases are receiving isolation treatment in the Fourth Hospital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
After consultation with experts, 69 cases were common type, 123 cases were mild type, 6 were severe, 1 was critically ill, and there were no deaths.
Among the confirmed cases, the youngest is 2 years old and the oldest is 85 years old; 57 people are over 60 years old, and 6 people are over 80 years old.
As of 14:00 on February 22, the city had 3 high-risk areas, 50 medium-risk areas, and 81 closed control communities and villages.
A total of 8,049 close contacts and 3,743 secondary close contacts have been identified in Hohhot in this round of epidemic.
The epidemiology and traceability of subsequent confirmed cases are still ongoing.
For key groups of people who are found in the convection survey and who are not in the city's jurisdiction, timely push regional assistance investigation information to prevent the spread and spread of the epidemic.
As of 14:00 on February 22, a total of 477 regional assistance letters have been sent.
The official said on the same day that since February 17, many of the confirmed cases in the city had an epidemiological connection with the Changle Palace Shopping Center in Saihan District. The expert group judged that there is a greater risk of transmission in the Changle Palace Shopping Center.
Official reminders, if you have been to Changle Palace Shopping Center from February 4th to February 18th, immediately report to the local community and the Qixian District Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Nucleic acid testing; daily health monitoring, do not go to crowded places; if you have fever, dry cough, fatigue and other discomfort, you must immediately go to a medical institution with a fever clinic.
At 9:00 on the 22nd, the city has launched the fourth round of nucleic acid testing, and from 7:00 on February 23 to 7:00 on February 24, the city continued to carry out the fifth round of nucleic acid testing.
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