(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) New local diagnoses in mainland China involve clustered epidemics in many places in 12 provinces

　　China News Agency, Beijing, March 2. Comprehensive news: China's National Health Commission announced on the 2nd that there were 224 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 1st, including 153 imported cases and 71 local cases.

There were 169 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 121 imported cases and 48 local cases.

　　As of 24:00 on the 1st, there are 2,999 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 4,636 deaths, and a total of 109,750 confirmed cases.

There are currently 1,723 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 14,617 confirmed cases and no deaths.

New local confirmed cases in mainland China involve clustered outbreaks in many places in 12 provinces

　　There were 224 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 1st, and the daily increase in confirmed cases reached or exceeded 200 for 6 consecutive days.

The 71 new local confirmed cases that day was the lowest in the past 8 days, but the 48 new local asymptomatic infections were the second highest in the past month, second only to the 53 cases on February 27.

　　The new local cases that day continued to be characterized by many points and wide areas. The confirmed cases were distributed in 12 provinces: 32 in Guangdong, 16 in Inner Mongolia, 4 each in Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Shandong, 3 in Sichuan, and 2 in Liaoning and Guangxi. For example, there is one case each in Tianjin, Shanxi, Shanghai, and Yunnan.

　　As of 15:00 on the 2nd, there are 201 medium and high risk areas in mainland China.

Among them, there are 10 high-risk areas, including Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia (8), Tianjin Binhai New Area and Dongguan City, Guangdong Province (1 each).

There are 191 medium-risk areas, including 93 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.

　　In addition, according to official reports from various places, Shanghai, Qingdao, Shandong and Yanbian, Jilin saw clustered outbreaks of elderly dance teams, families and work units respectively.

There have been more than 10 cases from the same company in Suifenhe, Heilongjiang.

The new cases in Shanghai are all from the same elderly dance team, and there are 32 new local confirmed cases in Guangdong

　　Shanghai added 1 new local confirmed case on the 1st (already reported on the 1st).

The case went to the fever clinic of the hospital on the afternoon of February 28 because of fever, and was diagnosed as a confirmed case on March 1.

As of 17:00 on the 2nd, Shanghai added 3 local confirmed cases and 4 asymptomatic infections.

　　The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission notified on the 2nd that the 7 new cases of infection that day were in the same elderly dance team as the confirmed cases reported on the 1st. risk area.

　　According to reports, the local confirmed cases reported by Shanghai on the 1st, the preliminary results of virus gene sequencing are the Omicron variant.

The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism has issued a notice that from March 1, travel agencies and online travel companies in Shanghai will suspend the operation of inter-provincial group tours and "air ticket + hotel" business.

　　On the 1st, Guangdong Province added 32 new local confirmed cases, including 25 cases in Shenzhen, 6 cases in Dongguan, and 1 case in Zhuhai; 13 new cases of local asymptomatic infections were reported in Dongguan.

Family and unit clustered outbreaks occurred in Qingdao and Yanbian respectively

　　Qingdao City, Shandong Province added 4 local confirmed cases on the 1st.

Among them, case 1 is a bus driver, who was found in routine nucleic acid testing of key populations.

After the nucleic acid test of the close contacts of the case, it was determined that three of its close contacts were confirmed cases.

　　Qingdao City announced on the 2nd that the virus types of the 4 confirmed cases were all Omicron variant strains after PCR detection, and full gene sequencing is in progress.

At present, the residential community of the 4 cases in Huangdao District has been classified as a medium-risk area and has been closed and controlled.

Nine close contacts were found to have flowed out of Huangdao District, and letters of assistance have been sent to the inflow places.

　　Jilin Province added 4 local confirmed cases and 4 asymptomatic infections on the 1st, all of which were reported by Hunchun City, Yanbian Prefecture.

Among them, confirmed case 1 is an employee of an enterprise in Hunchun City. It was found in the "exhausted inspection" crowd. Confirmed cases 2-4 were all colleagues of case 1; among the 4 asymptomatic infections, 3 were colleagues of case 1. 1 is his father.

　　Yanbian Prefecture announced on the 2nd that the state has quickly activated the emergency command system, efficiently carried out epidemiological investigations, and comprehensively carried out precise prevention and control work.

The whole state has launched the investigation of people coming and going in Hunchun City since February 15, and implemented nucleic acid testing and home isolation control measures.

Nearly 240,000 people in Hohhot have been given red and yellow health codes, and there have been 13 cases in the same company in Suifenhe

　　On the 1st, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region added 16 local confirmed cases, all from Hohhot.

As of 24:00 on March 1, a total of 388 local confirmed cases have been reported in Hohhot in this round of epidemic.

　　Hohhot City held a press conference on the 2nd, saying that according to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, Hohhot City will assign health codes to risk personnel and those who have not done nucleic acid testing. Nucleic acid testing personnel and personnel in control areas are assigned yellow codes.

　　As of 24:00 on March 1, a total of 239,711 people had been assigned codes in Hohhot, of which 45,983 were assigned red codes and 193,728 were assigned yellow codes.

　　Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province reported on the 2nd that Suifenhe City added 2 local confirmed cases and 4 asymptomatic infections on the 1st.

Among them, 5 were staff members of an international trading company who were related to the first confirmed case.

　　As of 24:00 on March 1, Suifenhe City has reported a total of 8 local confirmed cases and 8 asymptomatic infections in this round of epidemic, all of which are related cases of an international trading company, and 13 of them are employees of the company.

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