A reporter from the head office learned today (August 8) from a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic held in Hainan Province that from 0:00 to 12:00 on August 8, Hainan Province reported a total of 77 cases of local new crown virus positive infections. Among them, 60 were confirmed cases (23 in Sanya City, 13 in Danzhou City, 7 in Lingshui County, 6 in Ledong County, 2 in Wanning City, 3 in Lingao County, 3 in Haikou City, and 2 in Chengmai County. 17 cases of asymptomatic infection (11 cases in Sanya City, 2 cases in Lingshui County, 1 case in Danzhou City, Ledong County, Wanning City, and 1 case in Qionghai City).
Since the current round of the epidemic, Hainan Province has reported a total of 1,507 positive infections, including 1,042 confirmed cases (824 in Sanya, 72 in Danzhou, 37 in Lingshui, 25 in Dongfang, 21 in Lingao, and 21 in Wanning). 19 cases in the city, 13 cases in Ledong County, 11 cases in Haikou City, 10 cases in Chengmai County, 5 cases in Qionghai City, 3 cases in Wuzhishan City, 1 case in Ding'an County, and 1 case in Changjiang County); 465 cases of asymptomatic infections ( 419 cases in Sanya City, 23 cases in Lingshui County, 7 cases in Danzhou City, 6 cases in Qionghai City, 3 cases in Wanning City, 3 cases in Ledong County, 2 cases in Wuzhishan City, and 1 case each in Lingao County and Ding'an County) .
At present, the epidemic situation in Sanya and other places continues to develop, and the number of newly infected people is still at a high level; the scope of the epidemic has further expanded, with 2 new affected counties in Changjiang County and Ding'an County, and a total of 13 cities and counties in Hainan Province have reported infected people.
In addition to Sanya, the epidemic in Danzhou, Lingshui County, Dongfang City and other cities and counties has affected many towns and towns. The epidemic has entered a period of rapid growth, and the risk of community transmission is high. The epidemic situation in the province is still complicated.
As of 7:00 on August 8, a total of 250 high-risk areas and 145 medium-risk areas have been designated and announced in Hainan Province.
According to the Hainan Working Group Support Plan of the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, a total of 8,586 people from 18 provinces and cities across the country supported Hainan, including 277 people for epidemiological investigation and supervision, 4,920 people for nucleic acid sampling, 506 people for medical treatment, and 2,883 people for nucleic acid testing. Nucleic acid detection equipment 1.99 million tubes/day.
As of 12:00 on August 8, a total of 85 people from the Hainan Working Group of the National Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism arrived in Hainan to carry out guidance work, with a total of 6,913 people from 15 provinces, and 1.15 million tubes/day of nucleic acid testing equipment has arrived.
(Headquarters reporter Zhang Wenfeng Gao Jun Wei An)