China News Service, December 17. According to the website of the National Health and Medical Commission, from 0:00 to 24:00 on December 16, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2,286 new confirmed cases.
Among them, 57 were imported cases (13 in Guangdong, 9 in Beijing, 7 in Liaoning, 6 in Sichuan, 5 in Inner Mongolia, 5 in Shanghai, 4 in Fujian, 4 in Shandong, 3 in Shaanxi, and 1 in Heilongjiang); 2229 cases (990 cases in Guangdong, 444 cases in Beijing, 178 cases in Chongqing, 110 cases in Fujian, 97 cases in Sichuan, 55 cases in Shanghai, 54 cases in Shandong, 52 cases in Zhejiang, 43 cases in Yunnan, 42 cases in Henan, 41 cases in Hunan, 29 cases in Tianjin) , 21 cases in Inner Mongolia, 14 cases in Shaanxi, 13 cases in Hebei, 11 cases in Heilongjiang, 10 cases in Shanxi, 7 cases in Jiangsu, 7 cases in Guizhou, 5 cases in Liaoning, 3 cases in Qinghai, 2 cases in Jilin, and 1 case in Anhui).
There were no new deaths.
One new suspected case was added, which was a local case (in Beijing).
There were 2,649 newly cured and discharged cases on that day, including 35 imported cases and 2,614 local cases (1,018 in Beijing, 822 in Guangdong, 133 in Fujian, 121 in Chongqing, 91 in Yunnan, 86 in Shaanxi, 54 in Zhejiang, and 54 in Hainan). 45 cases, 37 cases in Sichuan, 29 cases in Inner Mongolia, 26 cases in Heilongjiang, 24 cases in Shanxi, 24 cases in Jiangsu, 21 cases in Liaoning, 19 cases in Henan, 16 cases in Guizhou, 9 cases in Shanghai, 8 cases in Hubei, 8 cases in Hunan, and 7 cases in Hebei , 5 cases in Xinjiang, 4 cases in Tianjin, 4 cases in Anhui, 1 case in Jilin, 1 case in Shandong, and 1 case in Qinghai), 87,964 close contacts were released from medical observation, and the number of severe cases increased by 34 from the previous day.
There are 446 confirmed cases imported from abroad (no severe cases), and no existing suspected cases.
A total of 28,496 confirmed cases, a total of 28,050 cured and discharged cases, and no deaths.
As of 24:00 on December 16, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there were 34,334 confirmed cases (including 227 severe cases), a total of 336,768 cured and discharged cases, and a total of 5,235 deaths. A total of 376,361 confirmed cases have been reported, and 19 suspected cases have been reported.
A total of 15,241,484 close contacts have been traced, and 394,758 close contacts are still under medical observation.
A total of 9,031,558 confirmed cases have been reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Among them, 482,878 cases were in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (105,143 cases were discharged, 11,107 cases died), 1,365 cases were in Macau Special Administrative Region (884 cases were discharged, 7 cases died), and 8,547,315 cases were in Taiwan (13,742 cases were discharged, 14,820 cases died).