(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) More than 1,000 cases of infected people in Gansu Province this round
China News Agency, Beijing, July 19. Comprehensive news: China's National Health and Medical Commission announced on the 19th that there were 237 new confirmed cases in mainland China on the 18th, including 38 imported cases and 199 local cases.
There were 539 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 39 imported cases and 500 local cases.
No new deaths were reported.
As of 24:00 on the 18th, there are 1,425 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 227,830 confirmed cases.
There are currently 470 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 20,119 confirmed cases and no deaths.
Data map: At a nucleic acid sampling site in Qingxiu District, Nanning, Guangxi, residents were tested for nucleic acid.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Guanyan
The number of infected people in mainland China has increased significantly
On the 18th, there were 699 new local infections (confirmed + asymptomatic) in mainland China, a new high since May 23, and a significant increase from the previous day (510 cases).
Among them, 199 local confirmed cases and 500 local asymptomatic infections were the highest since this month.
The new local confirmed cases on the day came from 9 provinces: 134 cases in Guangxi, 32 cases in Gansu, 12 cases in Sichuan, and the other 6 provinces each added single digits; the new local asymptomatic infections were distributed in 14 provinces: Gansu There are 199 cases in Guangxi, 109 in Guangxi, 73 in Anhui, 45 in Henan, and 10 provinces each have an increase of less than 20 new cases.
1 new case of local asymptomatic infection was added in Beijing on the 18th, in Shunyi District (reported on the 18th), who is a close contact of the crew of an international inbound flight.
The "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Hotels in Beijing During the Epidemic of New Coronary Pneumonia (Twentieth Edition)" recently released by Beijing proposes that in order to prevent the risk of the epidemic from spreading the risk of the epidemic to the society with abnormal health codes of Beijing Jianjianbao, the hotel serves as an accommodation function. Persons at risk of epidemics with abnormal health codes, such as red codes, yellow codes or pop-up restrictions, shall not be denied entry and occupancy in special public places.
The "Guidelines" also make it clear that gathering activities will be strictly controlled.
In accordance with the principle of "non-essential do not host, do not undertake", the city's hotels will not host wedding banquets, birthday banquets, group banquets and other group gatherings (policy adjustments, further notice).
The epidemic in Beihai, Guangxi is still developing, and there are more than 1,000 infected people in Gansu Province this round
The epidemic in Beihai, Guangxi is still developing. On the 18th, Guangxi added 134 local confirmed cases and 109 asymptomatic infections, mainly from Beihai City (134+104).
As of 24:00 on the 18th, there were 718 local infections in Beihai City.
According to reports, the current round of the epidemic in Beihai, Guangxi started on July 12 and was caused by the Omicron mutant strain BA.2.3. Most of the infected people were associated with a farmers market.
In addition to Beihai, the current round of epidemic in Guangxi has also spread to Nanning, Guilin, Hezhou, Chongzuo, Qinzhou, Liuzhou and other places.
Lanzhou City, Gansu Province reported on the 19th that from 10:00 on the 18th to 10:00 on the 19th, Lanzhou added 29 local confirmed cases and 140 asymptomatic infections.
As of 10:00 on the 19th, a total of 812 local infections have been reported in Lanzhou.
According to reports, as of 10:00 on the 19th, among the nearly 1.7 million people who have completed the eighth round of nucleic acid screening in the main urban area of Lanzhou, there are still 23 positive cases in the initial screening.
In order to comprehensively screen the risk of the spread of the epidemic, Lanzhou City decided to carry out three consecutive rounds of nucleic acid testing for all employees throughout the city, focusing time and effort to find all potential positive infections.
According to the report of the Gansu Provincial Health and Health Commission, from 0-12 on the 19th, Gansu Province added 14 local confirmed cases and 104 asymptomatic infections. As of 12:00 on the 19th, the cumulative number of reported local infections in Gansu Province has exceeded thousand cases.
The social risk of the epidemic in Bengbu, Anhui is further reduced, and the Hexi District of Tianjin is upgraded and controlled
On the 18th, Anhui Province added 6 local confirmed cases and 73 asymptomatic infections. Except for 5 asymptomatic infections reported in Lixin County, Bozhou City, the rest were all in Bengbu City, including 6 confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections in Huaiyuan County. 66 cases.
From the 15th to the 18th, more than 300 local infections were reported in Huaiyuan County within 4 days.
Bengbu City announced on the 19th that of the 74 new local infections in the city on the 18th, only 1 case was found in community screening, and the rest were isolated and controlled personnel, further reducing the social epidemic risk.
In the new round of nucleic acid testing in the urban area, as of 24:00 on the 18th, the results were all negative.
According to the daily epidemic situation, Huaiyuan County has currently designated four batches of high, medium and low risk areas, and implemented various closure and control measures in strict accordance with the prevention and control requirements of risk areas.
It is also reported that there were 5 new asymptomatic infections in Lixin County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province, all of whom were close contacts of the positive cases announced by the county on the 17th (with a history of living in key areas of the epidemic).
According to the Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention, on the 18th, there were 11 new cases of local infection in the city (1 in Binhai New Area and 10 in Hexi District), of which 5 infected people in Hexi District were residents of the same building.
At present, Hexi District has implemented the closure and control management of epidemic-related communities, and from the 18th, all operations in closed public places in the district have been suspended.
Those infected in this round of epidemic in Chengdu, Sichuan were two rounds ahead of the same period, and Zhumadian in Henan pressed the "restart button"
Sichuan Province added 12 new local confirmed cases and 12 asymptomatic infections on the 18th, involving Chengdu, Meishan, Leshan, Guangyuan and other cities.
Among them, 15 cases in Chengdu (6 confirmed cases and 9 asymptomatic cases) were found in the screening of quarantined personnel.
After Chengdu discovered the first confirmed case of the current round of the epidemic on the 15th, the number of infected people has increased rapidly, reaching double digits in the past two days.
As of 24:00 on the 18th, Chengdu has reported a total of 34 local infections in the past 4 days, all of which have exceeded the number of local infections in the city in the first four days of the first two rounds of epidemics this year.
It is reported that the transmission chain of this round of epidemic in Chengdu is clear, and the characteristics of clustering are obvious.
The genetic sequencing results of the first 5 cases showed that the virus was a variant of Omicron BA.2.12.1, and its transmission speed was 1.2 times that of the previously circulating strain BA.2.
At present, it has not been found to be related to the recent local epidemic in other cities in China.
On the 18th, Henan Province added 45 new cases of local asymptomatic infections, including 44 cases in Zhumadian City.
From July 9 to 18, a total of 321 local infections were reported in Zhumadian in this round of the epidemic.
In order to curb the spread and spillover of the epidemic, Zhumadian City will implement temporary control measures from 12:00 on the 12th.
Zhumadian City officials said on the 19th that after 6 days of closure and control, the epidemic situation in the city has stabilized and improved. Since 12:00 on the 18th, Zhumadian City has lifted the temporary control measures and pressed the "restart button", and the order of production and life began to resume in an orderly manner. .
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