NHC Update on Cases in China

2020-04-10 15:00

1. Between 00:00 and 24:00, 8 April, the following were newly reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 63 confirmed cases (61 imported and 2 local cases in Guangdong);

b) 2 fatal cases (both in Hubei);

c) 17 suspected cases (16 imported and 1 local cases in Heilongjiang);

d) 91 cured and discharged cases;

e) 1,848 close contacts released from medical observation; and

f) 13 fewer severe cases.

2. As of 24:00, 8 April, among all the imported cases, 729 confirmed cases (including 31 severe cases) are still under treatment and 71 suspected cases are pending test results. In total, 1,103 imported cases have been confirmed, 374 cases cured and discharged, and no fatal case reported.

3. As of 24:00, 8 April, the following had been reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 1,160 confirmed cases (including 176 severe cases) still under treatment;

b) 73 suspected cases pending test results;

c) 81,865 confirmed cases;

d) 77,370 cured and discharged cases;

e) 3,335 fatal cases; and

f) 716,889 close contacts traced (including 12,510 still under medical observation).

4. Between 00:00 and 24:00, 8 April, the following were newly reported by Hubei:

a) no confirmed case;

b) 45 cured and discharged cases (all in Wuhan);

c) 2 fatal cases (both in Wuhan); and

d) no suspected case.

As of 24:00, 8 April, Hubei had reported:

a) 401 confirmed cases still under treatment (including 398 in Wuhan);

b) 137 severe cases still under treatment (including 135 in Wuhan);

c) 64,187 cured and discharged cases (including 47,036 in Wuhan);

d) 3,215 fatal cases (including 2,574 in Wuhan);

e) 67,803 confirmed cases (including 50,008 in Wuhan); and

f) no suspected case pending test results.

5. Between 00:00 and 24:00, 8 April, the following asymptomatic cases were newly reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 56 new cases (28 imported);

b) 15 developed into confirmed cases (all imported);

c) 32 cases released from medical observation (7 imported); and

d) 1,104 cases still under medical observation (364 imported).

6. As of 24:00, 8 April, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan had altogether reported 1,384 confirmed cases:

a) 960 in the Hong Kong SAR (including 264 discharged cases and 4 fatal cases);

b) 45 in the Macao SAR (including 10 discharged cases); and

c) 379 in the Taiwan region (including 67 discharged cases and 5 fatal cases).