China News Service, April 24. According to the official WeChat news of "Shanghai Release", on the morning of the 24th, Shanghai held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control work. The city added 1,401 local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 19,657 local asymptomatic infections.
Among the 1,401 local confirmed cases, 816 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, 44 were found in nucleic acid screening of relevant risk groups, and 541 were asymptomatic infected patients and turned into confirmed cases.
Among the 19,657 local asymptomatic infections, 19,421 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, and 236 were found in nucleic acid screening of relevant risk groups.
As of 24:00 on April 23, 160 severe patients and 19 critically ill patients had been treated in designated medical institutions.
On April 23, 39 new local deaths were reported, with an average age of 78.7 years and a maximum age of 98 years.
All 39 patients had severe multi-organ chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, heart failure, severe arrhythmia, hypertension, cerebral hemorrhage, sequelae of cerebral infarction, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, uremia, and malignant tumor. Widespread transfer, etc.
None of the above cases has been vaccinated against the new coronavirus pneumonia virus.
After the patient was admitted to the hospital, the disease progressed rapidly, and he died after the rescue failed.
The immediate cause of death is the underlying disease.
As of 9:00 on April 24: The whole city of Shanghai has identified 450,200 close contacts in Shanghai, all of which have been put under control, of which 377,306 have tested negative for nucleic acid, and the rest are being tested.
Zhao Dandan said that yesterday, 2,242 local confirmed cases in Shanghai were discharged from hospital, and 16,626 cases of asymptomatic infections were released from centralized isolation and medical observation.
Recently, the number of positive infections in Shanghai has increased, and the number of severe and critical illnesses has increased. Positive infections with underlying diseases, especially the elderly, are at high risk of severe illness or even death.
Therefore, eligible seniors should be vaccinated as soon as possible.
Zhao Dandan emphasized that the basic principle of controlling infectious diseases is to control the source of infection, cut off the route of transmission, and protect susceptible people.
According to the national general policy of "dynamic clearing", experts believe that if there is widespread transmission in the community, large-scale nucleic acid screening must be carried out to quickly find out positive infections from the crowd, and then play a role in controlling the source of infection.
Experts pointed out that nucleic acid detection is a very important work in epidemic prevention and control, which can effectively identify and manage the source of infection, cut off the transmission route, protect susceptible groups, and maximize the health and safety of the people.
According to the zoning and grading testing promotion model, Shanghai continues to carry out zoning and grading "antigen + nucleic acid" combined screening.
Please continue to understand and actively cooperate with the nucleic acid screening work, obey the arrangements of the staff, strictly protect yourself, wear masks in a standardized manner, queue up in a civilized manner, do not gather or communicate, maintain a distance of more than 2 meters, and observe the on-site order of the sampling and testing points. .
Zhao Dandan said that in the previous stage, with the strong cooperation of the general public and the joint efforts of the medical staff, public security officers, social workers and volunteers, the daily new infections, especially the new infections in the society, gradually increased. decline.
But the situation is still grim, and the daily increase is still high.
Here, I urge the general public to continue to provide understanding and support.
Only by working together can we consolidate the achievements of the previous phase of the zero-clearing campaign and achieve the goal of social clearing as soon as possible.
Everyone is concerned about the number of infected people every day. Judging from the recent epidemic data, the number of new positive infected people is still relatively high, and it is still in a state of high fluctuation, mainly due to the rise of clustered epidemics such as some construction sites and enterprises. .
Therefore, we must also fully recognize the complexity and severity of the current Shanghai epidemic situation.
From the analysis of recent epidemic data, the proportion of newly reported positive infected persons found outside the closed-loop isolation and control has gradually decreased.
In absolute terms, the number of new infections yesterday dropped by 1,733 from the previous day.
In response to the clustered epidemic situation such as construction sites and enterprises, the prevention and control departments at the city and district levels will further strengthen the "quartet responsibility", strengthen health monitoring and personnel screening, do a good job in cleaning and disinfection of the environment in the relevant areas, and strictly implement personal protection measures. .
Zhao Dandan emphasized that it is necessary to adhere to the general policy of "dynamic clearing" and unswervingly carry out nine major actions for social clearing, further consolidate and expand the effectiveness of clearing work, and work together to promote the early realization of the goal of social clearing. Return to normal production and living order as soon as possible.