(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 7,000 local infections are increasing in mainland China, Guangzhou epidemic is at a high plateau

  China News Agency, Beijing, November 8th. Comprehensive news: On the 7th, 7,475 new local infections of new coronary pneumonia were added in mainland China (confirmed + asymptomatic, including 152 asymptomatic cases transferred to confirmed cases), and local infections have been increasing in the past six months. For the first time, there were more than 7,000 cases involving 31 provinces.

The daily increase in the number of local infections in mainland China hits a new high in the past six months, involving 31 provinces

  China's National Health Commission announced on the 8th that there were 890 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in mainland China on the 7th, including 47 imported cases and 843 local cases.

There were 6,801 new asymptomatic infections, including 169 imported cases and 6,632 local cases.

As of 24:00 on the 7th, there are 7,244 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 265,013 confirmed cases.

  On the same day, 843 new local confirmed cases came from 22 provinces: 319 cases in Guangdong, 159 cases in Inner Mongolia, 89 cases in Chongqing, 86 cases in Henan, 33 cases in Shanxi, 32 cases in Xinjiang, 31 cases in Beijing, 21 cases in Sichuan, and the other 14 provinces. There are less than 20 new cases.

  There were 6,632 new cases of local asymptomatic infections that day, distributed in 30 provinces.

Among them, there are 8 provinces with more than 100 new cases: 2330 in Guangdong, 1635 in Inner Mongolia, 661 in Henan, 623 in Xinjiang, 280 in Heilongjiang, 192 in Chongqing, 184 in Hunan and 109 in Qinghai.

In addition, 12 provinces have double-digit increases, and 10 provinces have single-digit increases.

  According to official data, 7,475 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly infected in mainland China on the 7th, hitting a new high in nearly half a year.

Hainan Province, which has had zero new local cases for more than 20 consecutive days, had local confirmed cases (all from other provinces) on the 7th, bringing the number of new local infections in mainland China that day to 31 provinces.

Among them, Guangdong, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Chongqing and other provinces all saw substantial growth compared with the previous day.

There are more than 2,000 cases in Guangzhou, and there are still sporadic infections in many places

  On the 7th, Guangdong Province added 198 local confirmed cases (another 121 local asymptomatic cases were transferred to confirmed cases) and 2,330 asymptomatic infections.

The above-mentioned infected persons are mainly from Guangzhou.

  The Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission said on the 8th that of the 2,377 new local infections in the city on the 7th, 2,212 were in Haizhu District.

Among the above-mentioned infected persons, except 17 cases were found in community screening and active medical treatment, the rest were found in isolation observation points or high-risk areas.

  According to reports, the recent sporadic spread of infected people in Guangzhou involves key places such as higher vocational colleges outside the control area, and is currently being fully disposed of.

In the past two days, infected people have been found in the surrounding areas of the medium-risk area, indicating that the risk of social transmission in these areas still exists.

In some areas of Liwan District, it was recently found that the results of multiple nucleic acid tests were abnormal, and the scope of the epidemic was expanding; the regional epidemic risk in Baiyun District still exists.

  Guangzhou CDC said that from an overall perspective, the epidemic situation in Guangzhou is still at a high stage, and the development of the epidemic needs to be controlled as soon as possible.

Focusing on local areas, the effectiveness of prevention and control is gradually being reflected.

Several points and areas in the "epicenter" of this round of epidemic have met the requirements for de-escalation or lifting of quarantine, which means that as long as everyone has firm confidence and is fully committed to fast, quiet, and transparent, and gradually unblocking possible.

Beijing added more than 100 local infections within 40 hours, Hohhot has more than 7,000 existing infections

  On the 7th, Beijing added 64 new cases of local infections (including 3 asymptomatic cases transferred to confirmed cases), of which 1 case was screened out in society; from 0:00 to 15:00 on the 8th, Beijing added another 44 cases of local infections, of which 4 cases were screened out from the social aspect.

  Beijing officials said that the city's society continued to find cases, indicating that the risk of hidden transmission still exists in the society.

At present, Beijing faces the dual risks of imported and non-Beijing epidemics and the spread of local epidemics. This round of epidemics is imported from multiple sources, paralleled by multiple chains, with multiple points and wide areas. Clustered epidemics are intertwined with sporadic cases, and the prevention and control situation is complicated and severe.

  On the 7th, Inner Mongolia added 159 local confirmed cases and 1,635 asymptomatic infections, including 156 confirmed cases and 1,604 asymptomatic cases in Hohhot City. The daily increase of local infections exceeded 1,000 for two consecutive days.

As of 24:00 on the 7th, there were 7,758 local infections in Inner Mongolia (929 confirmed cases and 6,829 asymptomatic cases), including 7,384 cases in Hohhot.

  Hohhot City announced on the 8th that the number of newly infected people in the city in recent days is still high, but it is mainly found in high-risk areas, centralized isolation points and closed-loop management personnel, and there are still sporadic cases in social screening.

Overall, the city's newly infected people are multi-faceted, and the clustered epidemics are intertwined with sporadic cases. Epidemic prevention and control are facing unprecedented challenges.

The number of infected people in Zhengzhou has increased significantly, and the Suihua epidemic is still at risk of transmission

  On the 7th, Henan Province added 86 local confirmed cases and 661 asymptomatic infections, mainly from Zhengzhou (86+647).

Official data show that in the past three days, the number of local infections in Zhengzhou has increased significantly, and more than 2,000 local infections have been reported since November 1.

  According to reports, the current round of the epidemic in Zhengzhou began on October 4, and local transmission was caused by import from other places.

Due to the superposition of multiple unfavorable factors in the early stage, the current round of the epidemic in the city has become the one with the widest scope, the largest number of people and the longest duration since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic. critical period and critical period.

  Heilongjiang Province added 3 local confirmed cases and 280 asymptomatic infections on the 7th, and the daily increase of local infections exceeded 200 for 5 consecutive days.

Among them, 1 case and 273 asymptomatic cases were confirmed in Suihua City.

  Suihua City reported on the 8th that among the newly infected people in the city on the 7th, 31 cases were found in community screening, and 3 cases were actively seeking medical treatment (examination), indicating that there are still hidden sources of transmission in society.

As of 24:00 on the 7th, there are 29 local confirmed cases and 2,102 asymptomatic infections in Suihua City, mainly from Beilin District.

  As the hardest-hit area of ​​this round of epidemic in Heilongjiang Province, the epidemic in Beilin, Suihua began on October 26, and the number of local infections in the city has remained high for the past 10 days.

Suihua City officials said that at present, the city has implemented hierarchical and classified management and control of communities (villages), but the risk of epidemic transmission still exists.

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