(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The local epidemic situation in mainland China is at a high platform, and the epidemic situation in Ji, Fujian and Shanghai is still severe

　　China News Agency, Beijing, March 22. Comprehensive news: China's National Health Commission announced on the 22nd that there were 2,338 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 21st, including 57 imported cases and 2,281 local cases.

There were 2,432 new asymptomatic infections, including 119 imported cases and 2,313 local cases.

　　As of 24:00 on the 21st, there are 23,138 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 4,638 deaths, and a total of 134,564 confirmed cases.

There are currently 1,631 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 16,976 confirmed cases and no deaths.

More than 40,000 cases of local infections in mainland China since March are still at a high plateau

　　On the 21st, there were 2,281 new local confirmed cases in mainland China, more than 1,000 cases for 10 consecutive days, and the highest in the past 4 days.

When the number of confirmed cases in Japan reached 20 provinces, including Jilin (1902 cases), Liaoning (67 cases), Heilongjiang (43 cases), and a total of 2012 cases in the three northeastern provinces, accounting for nearly 90% of the new local confirmed cases that day.

　　Fujian Province's newly confirmed local cases (110 cases) ranked second in all provinces after Jilin Province for 6 consecutive days, and exceeded 100 cases for 5 consecutive days; in addition, Shanghai (31 cases), Shandong and Guangdong (25 cases each), Jiangxi (14 cases) and Hebei (11 cases) also reached double digits.

　　There were 2,313 new local asymptomatic infections that day, more than 2,000 for 3 consecutive days, distributed in 19 provinces.

Among them, Shanghai (865 cases), Jilin (563 cases), Hebei (212 cases), Shandong (184 cases), Liaoning (183 cases), and Fujian (110 cases) all exceeded 100 cases for 3 consecutive days.

　　China's National Health Commission introduced on the 22nd that from March 1st to 21st, more than 41,000 local infections were reported in mainland China, affecting 28 provinces.

Overall, the current national epidemic situation is at a high stage, and epidemic prevention and control is facing a severe situation of complexity, arduousness and repetition.

The epidemic situation in Jilin is at a high stage of development, and the epidemic situation in Fujian has entered a high plateau stage

　　According to official reports, since this month, Jilin Province has reported more than 22,000 local infections, with more than 1,000 new infections per day for eight consecutive days since March 14.

　　Jilin Province held a press conference on the 22nd, saying that the epidemic prevention and control situation in Jilin Province is still severe and complicated.

　　According to the research and judgment of the National Health Commission of China, the epidemic situation in Jilin Province is still in a high development stage, and the epidemic situation is mainly concentrated in Jilin City and Changchun City, and the risk of social transmission in the two cities still exists.

　　Since March 11, Fujian Province has reported a total of 900 local confirmed cases and 550 asymptomatic infections still under medical observation.

　　The Fujian provincial official said on the 22nd that, except for 4 cases in Xiamen that were related cases from other provinces, the gene sequencing results of the cases in other cities in Fujian in this round of epidemic were highly homologous to the sequences of the cases in Quanzhou, which belonged to the BA.2 branch of the Omicron variant strain.

At present, the daily number of new positive infections in Fujian Province has exceeded 200 for 4 consecutive days. The epidemic is at a high plateau, and there is still a risk of community transmission.

　　As of 24:00 on the 21st, Fujian has designated 9 high-risk areas and 74 medium-risk areas.

The epidemic prevention and control situation in Shanghai is still severe, and the rising trend of the epidemic in Langfang has been curbed

　　On the 21st, Shanghai added 31 local confirmed cases and 865 local asymptomatic infections.

Among them, the number of new local asymptomatic infections not only continued to rank first among provinces, but also increased for 4 consecutive days.

　　The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission announced on the 22nd that from March 18th to 20th, Shanghai has screened more than 10 million people in non-key areas, and found some positive infections and corresponding close contacts. The data released in the past two days (A substantial increase in asymptomatic infections) also reflects the results of this screening.

This screening of non-key areas enabled Shanghai to discover hidden dangers in a timely manner, laying the foundation for follow-up work.

In the next step, Shanghai will carry out follow-up nucleic acid screening and control work in accordance with the "street town-community-building" step by step.

　　The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission said that Shanghai is currently facing the most severe and complicated situation since the normalized prevention and control of the epidemic, which has brought great challenges to the traceability and prevention and control work.

　　Langfang City, Hebei Province reported 176 new local cases on the 21st (6 confirmed cases and 170 asymptomatic infections), a sharp drop from the previous two days.

As of 24:00 on the 21st, Langfang had reported more than 2,400 local infections in this round of the epidemic, of which the vast majority were asymptomatic.

　　The Langfang City official said on the 22nd that, based on the nucleic acid testing of all staff and reported cases in recent days, the rising trend of the epidemic in Langfang City has been effectively curbed.

However, due to the characteristics of the virus and the particularity of its spread, the handling of the epidemic in Langfang is still at a critical moment. It is still necessary to strictly implement various prevention and control measures, strictly control the spread of the epidemic, and consolidate the previous prevention and control results.

Nine cities in Shandong realize social dynamic clearing, and Xian'an city resumes normal travel

　　On the 21st, Shandong Province added 25 local confirmed cases and 184 asymptomatic infections.

143 local confirmed cases in the province were cured and discharged, and 259 cases of asymptomatic infection were released from medical observation.

　　The Shandong provincial official said on the 22nd that at present, the epidemic prevention and control situation in Shandong province continues to improve.

On the 21st, in addition to Binzhou, the other 9 cities achieved a dynamic social reset. Binzhou reported that the number of newly infected people has dropped for two consecutive days, and all of them are from control areas, closed areas and centralized isolation points. The effect is gradually emerging.

　　On the 21st, Shaanxi Province added 7 new local confirmed cases, all in Baoji City.

Since March 5, a total of 379 local confirmed cases have been reported in this round of epidemic in Shaanxi Province, mainly in Baoji City (231 cases) and Xi'an City (94 cases).

　　Xi'an City issued a notice saying that as of March 21, the city has had no social cases for 7 consecutive days in this round of the epidemic.

Since March 22, the city has resumed normal travel and resumed business activities in an orderly manner.

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