From 0:00 to 24:00 on March 18, 2022, Shandong Province reported 37 new local confirmed cases, including 12 in Binzhou, 10 in Qingdao, 6 in Linyi, 6 in Dezhou, 2 in Yantai and 1 in Zibo.

There were 161 new local asymptomatic infections, including 111 in Binzhou, 26 in Weihai, 12 in Zibo, 6 in Qingdao, 3 in Weifang, 2 in Dezhou, and 1 in Yantai.

Two new confirmed cases imported from abroad, both in Qingdao, were imported from South Korea.

2 new cases of asymptomatic infections imported from abroad, both in Yantai, were imported from South Korea.

  From 0:00 to 24:00 on March 18, 2022, Shandong Province reported 5 cases of local asymptomatic infections turned into confirmed cases, including 4 cases in Weihai and 1 case in Zibo.

  As of 24:00 on March 18, 2022, there were 1,136 local confirmed cases and 1,759 local asymptomatic infections in Shandong Province.

The province currently has 84 confirmed cases imported from abroad and 82 cases of asymptomatic infections imported from abroad.

  (Headquarters reporter Liu Yingchao Liu Yue)