(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Urumqi cured and discharged confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections to release a total of 208 cases from medical observation
China News Service, Urumqi, August 9 (Reporter Sun Tingwen and Zhao Yamin) Zhang Wei, director of the Urumqi Health and Health Commission, reported the latest outbreak in Urumqi on the 9th, saying that confirmed cases were cured and discharged on the 8th, the most in a single day since the current round of the epidemic. The total number of confirmed cases cured and discharged from the hospital in a single day and asymptomatic infections released from medical observation exceeded the number of newly reported infections for the second consecutive day, and the difference has widened, indicating that the medical treatment effect is obvious.
On the same day, Xinjiang held the 23rd press conference on epidemic prevention and control. At the press conference, Zhang Wei reported that from 0:00 to 24:00 on the 8th, Urumqi City reported 15 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, all of whom were under centralized medical observation, and there were no new asymptomatic infections. On the same day, 30 new confirmed cases were cured and discharged, and 4 cases of asymptomatic infection were released from medical observation.
From 0:00 on July 15 to 24:00 on August 8, Urumqi has cured and discharged a total of 137 confirmed cases, and 71 cases of asymptomatic infections were released from medical observation, bringing the total number to 208.
It is reported that as of 24:00 on August 8, there are currently 622 confirmed cases in Urumqi; there are 122 asymptomatic infections. The number of confirmed cases treated in hospitals and asymptomatic infections under medical observation continued to decline. (Finish)