China adds more than 5,500 local cases, outbreak spreads across 22 provinces

More than 5,500 new local cases were reported in China in a single day, and the epidemic spread to 22 provinces including Jilin, Shanghai, Liaoning, Tianjin, Henan, and Hebei. (Bloomberg)

 [Comprehensive Report] The epidemic of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) in China continues to heat up. According to the National Health Commission of China, there were 1,217 new local cases and 4,333 asymptomatic infections yesterday. More than 5,500 local cases have been added, and the epidemic has spread to 22 provinces including Jilin, Shanghai, Liaoning, Tianjin, Henan, and Hebei.

China's National Health Commission announced today that there were 1,254 new confirmed cases in China yesterday, including 37 imported cases and 1,217 new local cases. The mainland includes 1,071 cases in Jilin, 47 in Shanghai, 28 in Liaoning, 16 in Tianjin, 14 in Henan, 10 in Hebei, 8 in Heilongjiang, 5 in Shandong, 4 in Hunan, 2 in Anhui, 2 in Jiangxi, and 2 in Guangdong. , 2 in Gansu, 1 in Beijing, 1 in Jiangsu, 1 in Zhejiang, 1 in Fujian, 1 in Yunnan, and 1 in Shaanxi. No new deaths were reported.

The announcement also pointed out that there were 4,448 new cases of asymptomatic infections yesterday, including 115 imported cases and 4,333 local cases, including 2,631 cases in Shanghai, 1,007 cases in Jilin, 264 cases in Fujian, 142 cases in Hebei, 82 cases in Liaoning, 64 cases in Shandong, 30 in Tianjin, 16 in Jiangsu, 16 in Anhui, 14 in Gansu, 12 in Yunnan, 11 in Jiangxi, 11 in Guangxi, 10 in Henan, 8 in Guangdong, 5 in Shaanxi, 4 in Zhejiang, 3 in Heilongjiang, and 2 in Inner Mongolia Case, Chongqing 1 case.

The Chinese National Health Commission also pointed out that as of 24:00 on March 26, China had a total of 143,240 confirmed cases and 4,638 deaths. Among the 27,567 confirmed cases, 53 were severe cases.