NHC Update

2020-03-27 10:00

NHC Emergency Response Office

Last updated: 24:00, 25 March

1.Between 00:00 and 24:00, 25 March, the following were newly reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 67 confirmed cases (all imported);

b) 6 fatal cases;

c) 58 suspected cases (all imported);

d) 401 cured and discharged cases;

e) 721 close contacts released from medical observation; and

f) 164 fewer severe cases.

2.As of 24:00, 25 March, the following had been reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 3,947 confirmed cases (including 1,235 severe cases) still under treatment;

b) 74,051 cured and discharged cases;

c) 3, 287 fatal cases;

d) 81, 285 confirmed cases;

e) 159 suspected cases pending test results; and

f) 695,305 close contacts traced (including 14,714 still under medical observation).

3.Between 00:00 and 24:00, 25 March, the following were newly reported by Hubei:

a) no confirmed case (Wuhan included);

b) 391 cured and discharged cases (including 382 in Wuhan);

c) 6 fatal cases (including 5 in Wuhan); and

d) no suspected case (Wuhan included).

As of 24:00, 25 March, Hubei had reported:

a) 3,431 confirmed cases still under treatment (including 3,407 in Wuhan);

b) 1,201 severe cases still under treatment (including 1,195 in Wuhan);

c) 61,201 cured and discharged cases (including 44,068 in Wuhan);

d) 3,169 fatal cases (including 2,531 in Wuhan);

e) 67,801 confirmed cases (including 50,006 in Wuhan); and

f) no suspected case pending test result (Wuhan included).

4.Between 00:00 and 24:00, 25 March, 67 imported cases (confirmed) were newly reported (18 in Shanghai, 12 in Inner Mongolia, 11 in Guangdong, 6 in Beijing, 6 in Fujian, 3 in Shaanxi, 2 in Tianjin, 2 in Zhejiang, 2 in Jiangsu, 2 in Yunnan, 1 in Shanxi, 1 in Jilin and 1 in Henan).

As of 24:00, 25 March, 541 imported cases (confirmed) had been reported.

5.As of 24:00, 25 March, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan had altogether reported 675 confirmed cases:

a) 410 in the Hong Kong SAR (including 106 discharged cases and 4 fatal cases);

b) 30 in the Macao SAR (including 10 discharged cases); and

c) 235 in the Taiwan region (including 29 discharged cases and 2 fatal cases).