China News Service, Dalian, March 24 (Reporter Yang Yi) The Information Office of the Dalian Municipal People's Government held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control on the 24th. Zhao Lilian, deputy director of the Dalian Municipal Health Commission, reported that the overall epidemic situation in Dalian is improving. The epidemic situation is generally controllable, and an "inflection point" has begun to appear, and it has entered the stage of "clearing" the social aspect.
From 0 to 24:00 on March 23, 2 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 37 asymptomatic infections were added in Dalian.
Up to now, there have been 146 confirmed cases and 391 asymptomatic infections in the city.
According to the report, from 6:00 to 24:00 on March 20, the second round of nucleic acid sampling was carried out for the resident population, temporary population and floating population in Dalian (excluding Changhai County), with a total of 6,815,224 people sampled. After the test, 6 cases of positive infection were detected, including 3 cases in the closed area and 3 cases in the control area.
Positive infections were concentrated in Jinpu New District and Pulandian District, and all other districts, cities and counties were negative.
Zhao Lian said that the overall situation of the epidemic situation in Dalian is improving. On March 22, the Dalian City Headquarters issued a mobilization order to clear the social surface. On March 22 and March 23, all positive infected persons in Dalian were removed from the quarantine points and Detected in the sealed and controlled area, the epidemic situation is generally controllable.
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