As of 24:00 on October 9th, the latest situation of COVID-19 's epidemic situation.

Published: Oct 10, 2021 09:35 (GMT+8)

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From 0 to 24:00 on October 9, 24 new confirmed cases were reported in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, all of which were imported from abroad (10 in Yunnan, 6 in Shanghai, 2 in Shandong, 1 in Liaoning and 1 in Zhejiang. Fujian 1 case, Henan 1 case, Guangxi 1 case, Sichuan 1 case), including 3 cases from asymptomatic infection to confirmed cases (1 case in Liaoning, 1 case in Zhejiang and 1 case in Sichuan). There were no new deaths. There were no new suspected cases.

On the same day, 59 new cases were cured and discharged from hospital, 1171 people were in close contact with medical observation, and the severe cases were the same as the day before.

There are 500 confirmed cases (including 1 severe case) and 1 suspected case imported from abroad. A total of 9278 cases were confirmed, 8778 cases were cured and discharged, and there were no deaths.

As of 24:00 on 9 October, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, there were 731 confirmed cases (including 1 severe case), a total of 91031 cured and discharged cases, and a cumulative death of 4636 cases. a total of 96398 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case have been reported. A total of 1206394 close contacts were tracked and 25406 were still under medical observation.

14 new asymptomatic infections were reported in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, including 13 imported cases and 1 local case (in Yunnan Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture). On the same day, 3 cases were confirmed (all imported from abroad), 13 cases were relieved from medical observation (all imported from abroad), and 369 cases of asymptomatic infection were still under medical observation (352 cases imported from abroad).

A total of 28625 confirmed cases have been reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, 12261 cases were discharged from the Hong Kong Special Administrative region (11946 cases were discharged and 213 died), 77 cases were discharged from the Macao Special Administrative region (64 cases were discharged) and 16287 cases were discharged from Taiwan (13742 cases were discharged and 846 cases died).

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