On April 11, Shanghai held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said that on April 10, there were 914 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 25,173 local asymptomatic infections in Shanghai.

Among the 914 confirmed cases, 564 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, 303 were found in nucleic acid screening of relevant risk groups, and 47 were asymptomatic infected patients and turned into confirmed cases.

Among the 25,173 local asymptomatic infections, 24,230 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, and 943 were found in nucleic acid screening of relevant risk groups.

  Comprehensive epidemiological history, clinical symptoms, laboratory tests and imaging findings, etc., the above 914 cases were diagnosed as mild cases of new coronary pneumonia.

  25,173 asymptomatic patients tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid, and all were diagnosed as asymptomatic patients with new coronary pneumonia.

  As of 9:00 a.m. on April 11: A total of 236,580 close contacts in Shanghai have been investigated for this epidemic, and all of them have been put under control. Among them, 197,702 people have negative nucleic acid test results, and the rest are being tested.

  A total of 117,995 people in close contact in Shanghai have been investigated, and control has been implemented. Among them, 115,681 people have negative nucleic acid test results, and the rest are being tested.

  Yesterday, more than 3,000 people were discharged and released from medical observation in designated hospitals and makeshift hospitals across the city and returned to their places of residence for health monitoring.

The number of people discharged from hospital and released from medical observation is expected to reach a new high today.

Responsible editor: [Sun Jingbo]