China News Service, May 4 (Xinhua) Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health and Welfare Commission, said at a press conference on May 4 that the number of confirmed cases nationwide fell below 500, the lowest since January 23; The total number of confirmed and suspected cases imported overseas has dropped for 3 consecutive weeks.

  In the past two weeks, there have been 92 newly confirmed cases imported overseas, which is lower than the previous single-day peak. We must continue to tighten the string of "foreign defense input", and always do a full chain management from "overseas" to "national gate" to "home gate" to achieve seamless docking and closed-loop operation.

  From 0:00 to 24:00 on May 3, the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported: 3 newly diagnosed cases, all imported from abroad, including 2 cases in Shanghai and 1 case in Shandong; ; 1 new suspected case was added to import suspected cases in Shanghai from abroad. On the same day, 53 newly discharged cases were cured, 632 close contacts were released from medical observation, and one severe case was reduced.