China News Service, Beijing, March 19 (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the 19th. Jiao Yahui, director of the Medical Administration and Medical Administration Bureau of the National Health Commission, said at the press conference that as of 24:00 on March 18 , the total number of infected people in hospital nationwide is 29,127.

From the perspective of the disease, mild and asymptomatic infections are the main ones, accounting for more than 95%.

Some of them are due to advanced age, combined with underlying diseases, or not vaccinated, and some are more seriously ill, but the proportion is not large, and the severe and critical types account for less than 0.1%.

According to the epidemic data released this morning, 2 deaths occurred in Jilin. One of the 2 deaths was elderly, and the other was older than 60 years old. Both had serious underlying diseases, and one of them was not vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccine.

Their new coronary pneumonia disease itself is not serious, it is mild, and the direct cause of death is the underlying disease.

Conference site.

Photo by reporter Yuan Xiuyue