NHC Emergency Response Office

Last updated: 24:00, 26 March

1.Between 00:00 and 24:00, 26 March, the following were newly reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 55 confirmed cases (including 54 imported cases and 1 local case in Zhejiang);

b) 5 fatal cases (all in Hubei);

c) 49 suspected cases;

d) 537 cured and discharged cases;

e) 837 close contacts released from medical observation; and

f) 201 fewer severe cases.

2.As of 24:00, 26 March, the following had been reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 3,460 confirmed cases (including 1,034 severe cases) still under treatment;

b) 74,588 cured and discharged cases;

c) 3, 292 fatal cases;

d) 81, 340 confirmed cases;

e) 189 suspected cases pending test results; and

f) 697,470 close contacts traced (including 16,005 still under medical observation).

3.Between 00:00 and 24:00, 26 March, the following were newly reported by Hubei:

a) no confirmed case (Wuhan included);

b) 530 cured and discharged cases (including 523 in Wuhan);

c) 5 fatal cases (including 4 in Wuhan); and

d) no suspected case (Wuhan included).

As of 24:00, 26 March, Hubei had reported:

a) 2,896 confirmed cases still under treatment (including 2,880 in Wuhan);

b) 999 severe cases still under treatment (including 995 in Wuhan);

c) 61,731 cured and discharged cases (including 44,591 in Wuhan);

d) 3,174 fatal cases (including 2,535 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, 26 March, 54 imported cases (confirmed) were newly reported (17 in Shanghai, 12 in Guangdong, 4 in Beijing, 4 in Tianjin, 3 in Inner Mongolia, 3 in Zhejiang, 3 in Fujian, 2 in Shandong, 2 in Yunnan, 1 in Liaoning, 1 in Jiangsu, 1 in Sichuan and 1 in Shaanxi).

As of 24:00, 26 March, 595 imported cases (confirmed) had been reported.

5.As of 24:00, 26 March, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan had altogether reported 738 confirmed cases:

a) 453 in the Hong Kong SAR (including 110 discharged cases and 4 fatal cases);

b) 33 in the Macao SAR (including 10 discharged cases); and

c) 252 in the Taiwan region (including 29 discharged cases and 2 fatal cases).