China News Service, April 20. According to the WeChat official account of "Shanghai Release", at the press conference on Shanghai's epidemic prevention and control work held on the morning of April 20, Wu Qianyu, a first-level inspector of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, reported: 4 On March 19, Shanghai added 2,494 local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 16,407 local asymptomatic infections.
Among the 2,494 local confirmed cases, 1,800 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, 161 were found in nucleic acid screening of relevant risk groups, and 533 were asymptomatic infected patients.
Among the 16,407 local asymptomatic infections, 16,178 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, and 229 were found in nucleic acid screening of relevant risk groups.
Wu Ganyu pointed out that the epidemic situation in Shanghai has shown a downward trend in recent days.
Streets and towns reporting more than 100 new cases in a single day have dropped for 3 consecutive days, and community spread has been effectively curbed.
In the past 3 days, the epidemic situation in Pudong, Minhang, Songjiang, Qingpu and Putuo has shown a continuous downward trend.
The epidemic situation in 6 districts including Xuhui, Yangpu, Hongkou, Changning, Baoshan and Jiading is generally in a state of platform fluctuation; the epidemic situation in Huangpu District is still rising slightly, and the upward trend of epidemic situation in Jing'an District is slowing down.
The epidemic situation in Fengxian, Jinshan and Chongming continued to be low, and Jinshan District and Chongming District reached the goal of social zero on the first day.
Wu Qianyu also informed that as of 24:00 on April 19, there were 52 severe patients receiving treatment in designated medical institutions.
On April 19, there were 7 new local deaths, including 2 people under the age of 60, combined with advanced lung cancer, pleural effusion, and acute coronary syndrome.
5 people over 70 years old, with coronary heart disease, heart failure, hypertension (very high risk), diabetes, uremia, cerebral infarction, advanced pancreatic tumor and other basic diseases.
Two of them have been vaccinated against the new coronary pneumonia virus, and the rest have not been vaccinated.
The above-mentioned 7 people's condition worsened after admission, and they died after the rescue failed. The direct cause of death was all caused by the underlying disease.
As of 9:00 on April 20: A total of 383,211 close contacts in Shanghai have been investigated for this epidemic, and all of them have been put under control. Among them, 320,885 people have negative nucleic acid test results, and the rest are being tested.
Yesterday, 1,682 local confirmed cases in Shanghai were discharged from hospital, and 25,411 asymptomatic infected persons were released from centralized isolation and medical observation, and they will return to their places of residence for health monitoring.
Yesterday, 27,093 people were discharged from the hospital, and the number of people discharged from the cabin continued to increase. Please do a good job in the return work.
Wu Qianyu said that recently, the epidemic prevention and control situation in Shanghai has been severe and complicated, and citizens are facing many difficulties in receiving daily medical services.
In order to further clarify the medical treatment process, unblock the medical treatment channels, and effectively meet the basic medical service needs of the people, the Shanghai Municipal Prevention and Control Office issued the "Notice on the Medical Treatment Procedures of Shanghai Citizens During the Epidemic Prevention and Control Period" yesterday.
The notice requires that all streets, towns, villages, medical institutions at all levels, emergency centers and other units in the city shall not use the negative nucleic acid certificate as a restriction on entering and leaving the community for medical treatment, transferring patients and receiving medical consultations.
All medical institutions should transport and properly handle critically ill patients, unblock the green channel for first aid, and treat patients in need of emergency treatment in a timely manner.
At the same time, the procedures and designated hospitals have been clarified for medical treatment in enclosed and controlled areas, control areas, and prevention areas.