(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The overall situation of the epidemic in mainland China has further improved

  China News Agency, Beijing, July 29th. Comprehensive news: China's National Health Commission announced on the 29th that 109 new confirmed cases were reported in mainland China on the 28th, of which 49 were imported from abroad and 60 were local.

There were 455 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 65 imported cases and 390 local cases.

No new deaths were reported.

  As of 24:00 on the 28th, there are 1,754 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 229,294 confirmed cases.

There are currently 530 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 20,582 confirmed cases and no deaths.

The overall situation of the epidemic in mainland China has further improved. Officials explain the reasons for the surge in infections in Heze, Shandong

  On the 28th, 450 new local infections (confirmed + asymptomatic) were added in mainland China, a decline for 3 consecutive days and the first time since July 16 that the number fell below 500.

On the same day, 60 new local confirmed cases came from 7 provinces: 21 cases in Gansu, 16 cases in Sichuan, 10 cases in Guangxi, 5 cases in Shandong, 4 cases in Henan, 3 cases in Guangdong, and 1 case in Shanghai; 390 new cases of local asymptomatic infections , distributed in 12 provinces: 121 cases in Guangxi, 112 cases in Gansu, 93 cases in Shandong, 29 cases in Sichuan, 17 cases in Henan, and the other 7 provinces each increased by single digits.

  However, while the overall situation of the epidemic in mainland China has improved further, the number of local infections in Heze City, Shandong Province has surged.

On the 28th, Shandong Province reported 5 new local confirmed cases and 93 asymptomatic infections, all in Heze City.

In the past five days, Shandong Province has reported a total of 209 new local infections, all reported by Heze City, of which 200 were asymptomatic infections, accounting for more than 95%.

  The current round of the epidemic in Heze City started on July 24, and the number of infected people fluctuated. example).

In this regard, the Heze City official responded on the 29th that Heze City is located at the junction of the four provinces of Sulu, Henan, and Anhui, and the epidemic has recently been found in many surrounding areas.

This time, Cao County, which has many cases in Heze, is also a commercial and logistics city, with a large mobility of personnel, complicated sources of the epidemic, multiple transmission chains, and a wide range of spread.

  In addition, the Omicron BA.2.2.1 variant of the virus that caused the outbreak in Heze is highly infectious and occult, and has a short incubation period.

In addition, from the perspective of the onset cycle, it is the concentrated onset stage of infected people before the epidemic is controlled, which has led to an increase in the number of infected people recently.

This round of infections in Gansu has broken through 4,000, and the number of local infections in Shanghai has dropped to single digits

  On the 28th, Gansu Province added 133 new local infections (21 confirmed cases and 112 asymptomatic cases), and the number fell below 200 for the first time since July 17.

As of 24:00 on the 28th, a total of 4,081 local infections (565 confirmed cases and 3,516 asymptomatic cases) have been reported in this round of epidemic in Gansu.

  On July 8, Gansu Province reported the first local infection of the current round of the epidemic, which was found in the routine nucleic acid test of key personnel in Lanzhou City.

The Omicron variant BA.2.38, which caused the current round of the epidemic in the province, has strong transmission power and rapid transmission, resulting in an increase of more than 300 local infections per day in the province for 7 consecutive days.

After reaching a high of 569 cases on July 21, the daily increase in local infections in Gansu province began to fluctuate and decline.

  The epidemic in Gansu Province has affected most cities and prefectures in the province, of which Lanzhou, the provincial capital, is the most severely affected.

As of 24:00 on the 28th, a total of 2,140 local infections have been reported in Lanzhou in this round of epidemic.

However, at present, the epidemic situation in Lanzhou continues to improve. On the 28th, 13 new local confirmed cases (9 of which were transferred from asymptomatic infections) and 20 asymptomatic infections. Not only did the number of daily infections drop significantly, but also for two consecutive days Zero social additions.

  On the 28th, Shanghai added 1 local confirmed case and 6 asymptomatic infections, all of which were found in isolation and control.

For the first time since July 5, the number of local infections in Shanghai has dropped to single digits.

From July 3 to 28, Shanghai reported a total of 149 local confirmed cases and 641 asymptomatic infections.

The epidemic situation in Shenzhen continues to improve, and the number of local infections in the Beihai continues to decline.

  On the 28th, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province added 2 new local confirmed cases and 2 asymptomatic infections, and the daily increase in the number of local infections dropped to single digits again.

Since July 15, Shenzhen has reported nearly 200 local infections.

  In recent days, the epidemic situation in Shenzhen has continued to improve, and the number of new local infections and the number of reported infections from the community have both declined.

Shenzhen officials said that the city's current round of epidemic disposal work has achieved phased results, and the epidemic prevention and control situation is stable and improving.

However, because the source of infection and the transmission path of some hidden transmission chains have not been fully identified, and the risk of rebound proliferation has not been completely eliminated, the possibility of sporadic cases in the follow-up cannot be ruled out.

  On the 28th, Beihai City, Guangxi added 10 new local confirmed cases and 106 asymptomatic infections, and the number of local infections continued to decline.

As of 24:00 on the 28th, there were 2,495 local infections in Beihai, accounting for more than 97% of the total number of local infections in Guangxi (2,569 cases).

  Beihai City recently reported that some counties and districts in the city have been cleared or basically cleared, and the overall epidemic situation has shown a trend of declining and gradually improving.

It is reported that the current round of the epidemic in the city began on July 12, and the first reported case of infection with the virus was Omicron BA.2.3.

The epidemic is mainly concentrated in Haicheng District and Yinhai District, and a farmers market in Haicheng District is the main outbreak point and spread point of this epidemic.

Chengdu epidemic or further cases, Chenghua District comprehensively strengthens social control

  Chengdu, Sichuan Province added 15 local confirmed cases on the 28th (5 of which were asymptomatic infections transferred to diagnosis) and 27 asymptomatic infections.

Since July 15, Chengdu has reported a total of 231 local infections (158 confirmed cases and 73 asymptomatic cases).

  There are two transmission chains of "7.15" epidemic and "7.20" epidemic in this round of epidemic in Chengdu.

Chengdu announced on the 29th that the newly infected people in the city on the 28th were all cases related to the "7.20" epidemic.

As of 24:00 on the 28th, a total of 155 local infections have been reported in this outbreak; the "7.15" epidemic has achieved zero new local infections for 3 consecutive days, and a total of 76 local infections have been reported in this outbreak.

  Chengdu announced on the 29th that the new cases of the "7.20" epidemic in the city were mainly those who were isolated and controlled in close contact or were found in the risk area through screening, and the epidemic situation was generally controllable.

However, because the virus variant BA.2.38 that caused this round of epidemic is highly contagious, spreads fast, and spreads widely, there is still the possibility of secondary cases.

  Because Chenghua District of Chengdu is the main epidemic-related area of ​​the "7.20" epidemic, Chenghua District issued a notice in the early morning of the 29th to comprehensively strengthen the social control of the district.

The communities with positive cases in Fuqing Road Street, Chenghua District "do not leave home", and the communities without positive cases "do not leave the community"; community courtyards in other areas except Fuqing Road Street within the jurisdiction are under closed management; the entire area under the jurisdiction Implement temporary traffic control.

The above measures are tentatively implemented for 5 days from 0:00 on the 29th.

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