(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Sanya, Hainan carried out the "Tackling the fortresses" operation, and the epidemic situation in Xinjiang has stabilized
China News Agency, Beijing, August 21. Comprehensive news: China's National Health and Health Commission announced on the 21st that 602 new confirmed cases were reported in mainland China on the 20th, of which 49 were imported from abroad and 553 were local.
There were 1,708 new asymptomatic infections, of which 80 were imported from abroad and 1,628 were local.
No new deaths were reported.
As of 24:00 on the 20th, there are 8,449 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 239,424 confirmed cases.
There are currently 700 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 21,934 confirmed cases and no deaths.
The daily increase in the number of infected people in Hainan Province continues to decline, and Sanya launches the "tackling the fortresses" campaign
On the 20th, there were 2,181 new local infections (confirmed + asymptomatic) in mainland China, more than 2,000 cases for 9 consecutive days, and the number of affected provinces still reached 27.
Among them, 553 cases were confirmed locally, from 19 provinces: 440 cases in Hainan, 34 cases in Tibet, 21 cases in Shaanxi, 12 cases in Sichuan, and the other 15 provinces added single digits each.
There were 1,628 new cases of local asymptomatic infections that day, distributed in 25 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Among them, there are 625 cases in Hainan, 560 in Tibet, 200 in Xinjiang, 81 in Qinghai, and 45 in Shaanxi. The other 20 provinces and the Corps each have an increase of less than 20 new cases.
Hainan Province added 440 local confirmed cases on the 20th (including 184 cases of asymptomatic infections transferred to confirmed cases) and 625 cases of asymptomatic infections. .
From August 1st to 20th, Hainan Province reported a total of 17,225 local infections (7,144 confirmed cases and 10,081 asymptomatic cases), including 12,966 cases in Sanya.
Hainan Province reported on the 21st that the number of daily infections in Hainan Province and Sanya City has declined for 3 consecutive days, and the number of infected people in the society has decreased significantly. The province's epidemic prevention and control work has achieved certain results, but it is still at a critical stage.
In the next step, Hainan will mobilize all resources to fight the war of annihilation with all the strength of the whole province and in coordination with support forces outside the province.
As the situation of epidemic prevention and control is stable and improving, in order to minimize the impact of the epidemic on the production and life of fishermen, Hainan Province has decided to gradually resume fishing boats going out to sea in different regions and batches starting from August 23.
More than 5,000 cases of infected people in Tibet have taken multiple measures to serve those stranded in Tibet
On the 20th, the Tibet Autonomous Region added 34 new local confirmed cases and 560 asymptomatic infections. The total number of local infections reported in this round of epidemics exceeded 5,000, mainly from Lhasa and Shigatse.
From 0:00 to 14:00 on the 21st, Tibet reported 24 new local confirmed cases and 224 asymptomatic infections.
According to the official introduction of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet has recently issued 14 measures to effectively guarantee the service of people stranded in Tibet.
For stranded tourists who meet the conditions for leaving Tibet, all parts of Tibet will work with relevant departments to "point-to-point" delivery from the detention point to airports and railway stations, and coordinate planes, trains and other means of transportation to arrange timely and orderly departure from Tibet, and set up nucleic acids for tourists leaving Tibet as needed. Check the green channel.
In addition, Tibet will also establish a special mechanism with neighboring provinces such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and other provinces and cities where tourists are concentrated to coordinate related matters.
As one of the key areas of the epidemic in Tibet, as of August 20, Shigatse City has reported a total of 2,334 local infections.
Shigatse City issued a notice on the 21st saying that since the city's implementation of silent management, the situation of epidemic prevention and control has gradually become clear.
However, according to the analysis and judgment of experts, the epidemic situation in the city still has problems of large scope and high transmission risk.
Therefore, Shigatse City has decided to keep the silent management measures unchanged, and adopt precise prevention and control measures at different levels and levels, so as to concentrate on conquering key areas in the shortest possible time.
The epidemic situation in Xinjiang has stabilized, and there are 85 local infections in Qinghai.
On the 20th, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region added 6 new local confirmed cases and 200 asymptomatic infections.
As of 24:00 on the 20th, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has reported more than 3,500 local infections in the current round of the epidemic, mainly from Ili Prefecture, Urumqi City and Changji Prefecture.
According to reports, the current round of the epidemic in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region began on July 30, and began to fluctuate and decline after the daily increase of local infections reached a high of 411 cases on August 11. In recent days, the scope of newly infected people has also continued to shrink. The epidemic prevention and control situation has stabilized, but there are still repetitions and uncertainties, and the risk of community transmission and spread still exists.
Changji City, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang issued an announcement on the 21st that when the city conducted a national nucleic acid test that day, two people were found to be positive for nucleic acid.
In order to prevent the spread of the risk of the epidemic, the city has implemented temporary static management measures throughout the city since 15:00 on the 21st, and the time is tentatively scheduled for 7 days.
On the 20th, Qinghai Province added 4 local confirmed cases and 81 asymptomatic infections, setting a new high since the current round of the epidemic in the province.
As of 24:00 on the 20th, Qinghai has 18 local confirmed cases and 241 asymptomatic infections.
Haixi Prefecture is the hardest hit area of the epidemic in Qinghai Province.
According to local officials, since the outbreak of the epidemic, Haixi Prefecture has taken epidemic prevention and control as its primary task, comprehensively upgraded, mobilized the whole people, and made every effort to prevent and control it.
At present, the epidemic situation in most parts of the state is basically stable and generally controllable.
Golmud City, where the current epidemic is more serious, has implemented global static management to prevent the import of the epidemic and risk spillovers.
The risk of the epidemic in Jinjiang, Fujian is controllable, and the whole area of Yiwu, Zhejiang, is relieved of silent management
Quanzhou City, Fujian Province reported on the 21st that from 16:00 on August 19 to 10:00 on the 21st, the city added 8 local confirmed cases and 1 asymptomatic case.
Since August 17, Quanzhou has reported a total of 21 local infections, all in Jinjiang.
According to reports, the outbreak in Quanzhou was discovered earlier, and the affected area was relatively limited.
Jinjiang's global nucleic acid screening results were all negative on the 20th, and the overall risk is currently controllable.
It is reported that the infected viruses of the cases that have been sequenced in Jinjiang City are all evolutionary branches of the Omicron variant BA.2.3.7, which belong to the same transmission chain.
The virus has only been detected in imported cases at sea in Fujian Province since June, suggesting that it is necessary to continue to strengthen the prevention and control of the epidemic at sea.
As the main battlefield of this round of epidemic in Zhejiang Province, since the "8.2" epidemic in Yiwu City, as of 9:00 on August 21, a total of 710 local infections have been reported.
Yiwu City reported on the 21st that from 21:00 on the 20th to 9:00 on the 21st, there were zero new cases of local infections in Yiwu City.
According to relevant regulations and the current epidemic situation, Yiwu City has decided that from 0:00 on the 21st, the city will lift the state of silent management (except for some epidemic spots), and continue to implement a number of prevention and control measures.
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