NHC Update on Cases in China

2020-04-27 18:00

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

a) 3 confirmed cases (2 imported and 1 local case in Heilongjiang);

b) no fatal cases;

c) 5 suspected cases (4 imported and 1 local case in Beijing);

d) 80 cured and discharged cases;

e) 508 close contacts released from medical observation; and

f) 1 more severe case.

2. As of 24:00, 26 April, among all the imported cases, 627 confirmed cases (including 22 severe cases) are still under treatment and 7 suspected cases are pending test results. In total, 1,636 imported cases had been confirmed, 1,009 cases cured and discharged, and no fatal cases reported.

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

a) 723 confirmed cases (including 52 severe cases) still under treatment;

b) 77,474 cured and discharged cases;

c) 4,633 fatal cases (revised up by 1 in Beijing);

d) 82,830 confirmed cases;

e) 10 suspected cases pending test results; and

f) 730,529 close contacts traced (including 8,443 still under medical observation).

4. Between 00:00 and 24:00, 26 April, the following were newly reported by Hubei:

a) no confirmed cases;

b) 12 cured and discharged cases (all in Wuhan);

c) no fatal cases; and

d) no suspected cases.

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

a) no confirmed cases still under treatment;

b) no severe cases under treatment;

c) 63,616 cured and discharged cases (including 46,464 in Wuhan);

d) 4,512 fatal cases (including 3,869 in Wuhan);

e) 68,128 confirmed cases (including 50,333 in Wuhan); and

f) no suspected cases pending test result.

5. Between 00:00 and 24:00, 26 April, the following asymptomatic cases were newly reported by the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

a) 25 new cases (1 imported);

b) no cases developed into confirmed cases;

c) 51 cases released from medical observation (21 imported); and

d) 974 cases still under medical observation (131 imported).

6. As of 24:00, 26 April, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan had altogether reported 1,511 confirmed cases:

a) 1,037 in the Hong Kong SAR (including 772 discharged cases and 4 fatal cases);

b) 45 in the Macao SAR (including 31 discharged cases); and

c) 429 in the Taiwan region (including 281 discharged cases and 6 fatal cases).