(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The increasing number of local infections in mainland China has broken through 500 cases and the epidemic situation in Bengbu, Anhui is generally controllable
China News Agency, Beijing, July 17th. Comprehensive news: China's National Health Commission announced on the 17th that there were 154 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 16th, including 48 imported cases and 106 local cases.
There were 537 new asymptomatic infections, including 63 imported cases and 474 local cases.
No new deaths were reported.
As of 24:00 on the 16th, there are 1,229 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 227,426 confirmed cases.
There are currently 466 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 20,031 confirmed cases and no deaths.
There are 500 more local infections in mainland China, including 241 cases in Beihai, Guangxi
With the rapid development of the epidemic in Beihai, Guangxi and Bengbu, Anhui, the number of local infections in mainland China has risen sharply. On the 16th, there were 580 new cases (locally diagnosed + asymptomatic), and the number of cases exceeded 500 for the first time since May 25.
On the same day, 106 new local confirmed cases came from 11 provinces: 53 cases in Gansu, 21 cases in Guangdong, 9 cases in Guangxi, 7 cases in Sichuan, 5 cases in Anhui, and 6 provinces with less than 5 new cases each; There are 474 cases of local asymptomatic infections, distributed in 12 provinces: 235 cases in Guangxi, 105 cases in Gansu, 42 cases in Anhui, 29 cases in Henan, 24 cases in Shanghai, and 7 provinces have newly added single-digit cases.
Guangxi reported 244 new local infections on the 16th (9 confirmed cases and 235 asymptomatic cases), of which 241 were from Beihai City (9+232).
As of 24:00 on the 16th, Beihai City has reported 9 local confirmed cases and 444 asymptomatic infections in the current round of the epidemic.
In order to quickly control the epidemic and realize the dynamic clearing of social aspects as soon as possible, Beihai City has implemented regional control since 7:00 on the 16th.
The city announced on the 17th that in order to further improve the quality and efficiency of the traceability work, many departments in the city further unblocked the push channels, straightened out the work process, strengthened the power of "chasing the sun", and set up a special working class to check and verify the landing information of the sun on a daily basis. .
It is reported that the epidemic in Beihai City began on July 12, and the first reported case of infection with the virus was Omicron BA.2.3.
Nanning City introduced on the 17th that 2 new cases of local asymptomatic infections were added in Xixiangtang District of the city on the 16th. A total of 11 cases of local asymptomatic infections have been reported in this round of epidemic, all of which were found within the scope of control, all of which were outside the city. Personnel returning to and from Nanning and their close contacts.
The epidemic situation in Bengbu, Anhui is generally controllable
As one place in Changping District of Beijing was reduced from a medium-risk area to a low-risk area on the evening of the 16th, the existing medium- and high-risk areas in Beijing were cleared.
As of 24:00 on the 16th, there have been zero new local infections in Beijing for 6 consecutive days.
On the 16th, Shanghai added 2 local confirmed cases and 24 asymptomatic infections, of which 1 asymptomatic infection was found in social screening.
From July 3 to 16, Shanghai reported a total of 113 local confirmed cases and 471 asymptomatic infections.
The Shanghai Leading Group Office for Epidemic Prevention and Control announced on the 17th that from 0:00 on the 18th, 35 high- and medium-risk areas in the city have been released from control.
After a sudden increase of 155 local infections on the 15th, the number of new local infections in Anhui Province (47 cases) on the 16th dropped sharply (5 confirmed cases and 42 asymptomatic cases).
The above-mentioned infected persons were all in Bengbu City, of which 4 were confirmed in Huaiyuan County and 40 were asymptomatic infections.
In the past two days, 194 local infections have been reported in Huaiyuan County and 7 in Yuhui District, Bengbu City.
According to a report from Bengbu City, the vast majority of the newly infected people in the city on the 16th were found in the isolated and controlled population, including 2 new cases in Yuhui District, which were related to the Huaiyuan epidemic.
At present, the social risk of epidemic spread in Bengbu City is relatively low, and the epidemic prevention and control situation is generally preventable and controllable.
Except that Huaiyuan County has implemented closed management on all communities and villages (residential houses) in the county on the 15th, and Yuhui District of Bengbu City has implemented temporary control measures for some areas from 0:00 on the 16th, other counties (districts) in Bengbu City have not been closed for the time being. control plan.
The epidemic situation of 177 Guangdong Provinces in Lanzhou, Gansu Province has stabilized and improved
Lanzhou City, Gansu Province announced on the 17th that from 10:00 on the 16th to 10:00 on the 17th, the city added 54 local confirmed cases and 101 asymptomatic infections, and a total of 479 local infections were reported in this epidemic (164 confirmed cases, no 315 cases with symptoms).
As of now, Lanzhou has 70 high-risk areas and 107 medium-risk areas.
According to reports, the sixth round of large-scale nucleic acid screening in the main urban area of Lanzhou City has tested 1.9183 million people, and 38 cases were positive in the initial screening.
In order to prevent the spillover of the epidemic as soon as possible, Lanzhou has further improved the efficiency of chasing the sun.
As of 10:00 on the 17th, more than 22,000 close contacts have been traced to this round of the epidemic, and corresponding control measures have been implemented.
On the 16th, Guangdong Province added 21 new local confirmed cases (15 of which were reported by Zhuhai City as the return of asymptomatic infections) and 9 asymptomatic infections, distributed in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, and Foshan.
Official information shows that in recent days, the number of local infected people in Guangdong Province has continued to decline, and the number of affected areas has gradually decreased.
Zhuhai City announced on the 17th that from 0:00 to 12:00 on the same day, 2 new cases were confirmed locally in Zhuhai (one of which was an asymptomatic infection), and a total of 74 local confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections have been reported since July 11. 29 cases.
According to a recent report, the virus strain of the current round of epidemic in Zhuhai City is the Omicron BA.5.1 variant. Although the source of infection is still unclear, the chain of transmission is clear. All positive people are related to the epidemic in a kindergarten.
The Chengdu epidemic may have nothing to do with other domestic epidemics, and the Haikou epidemic situation has further improved
Sichuan Province added 7 local confirmed cases and 5 asymptomatic infections on the 16th, from Chengdu, Meishan, and Guangyuan.
Chengdu announced on the 17th that 5 new local confirmed cases and 1 asymptomatic infection were added on the 16th; 5 local confirmed cases and 2 asymptomatic infections were added from 0:00 to 16:00 on the 17th.
As of 16:00 on the 17th, Chengdu has reported a total of 11 local confirmed cases and 3 asymptomatic infections.
According to the Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, so far, among the 14 local infected people in Chengdu, except for the first case, the other cases are all from close contacts or people who intersect in time and space. The transmission chain is clear and the clustering characteristics are obvious. .
At present, the gene sequencing results of cases 1-5 show that the virus is Omicron variant BA.2.12.1, and it has not been found to be related to the recent local epidemic in other cities in China. Further epidemiological traceability work is in full swing .
According to the report of Haikou City, Hainan Province added 4 local confirmed cases on the 16th (all returned from asymptomatic infections), which was reported by Haikou City.
From July 9th to 16th, Haikou City reported a total of 32 local confirmed cases and 13 asymptomatic infections in this round of epidemic.
Since July 13, Haikou has maintained zero social status for 4 consecutive days, and the epidemic situation has further improved.
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