The number of new crown infections nationwide has been on a downward trend since September

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Since September, the daily number of new coronary pneumonia infections nationwide, showing a gradual downward trend. Among the last four days, September 17 – September 20 for four consecutive days of decline.

According to incomplete statistics from the People’s Daily Health Client, the epidemic has involved 29 provinces, autonomous regions and cities since September. As of 21:00 on September 20, there were 753 high-risk areas and 820 medium-risk areas nationwide.

Daily additions to the national epidemic since September, charted by Chen Longfei

Guizhou: Infected people are mainly concentrated in Guiyang City and Bijie City
On September 19, from 0-24 hours, Guizhou province had 41 new confirmed cases and 208 asymptomatic infections. According to the Guizhou Health Commission, as of 24:00 on September 19, there were 142 confirmed cases and 2,496 asymptomatic infections in Guizhou Province.

A nurse collects nucleic acid samples for the public at the Bijie Weaving County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Bijie Release Photo

There are 66 confirmed cases and 1,215 asymptomatic infections in Bijie Weaving County; 71 confirmed cases and 1,248 asymptomatic infections in Guiyang City. Among them, the total number of infections in Guiyang City and Bijie City accounts for more than 98% of the total number of infections in Guizhou Province.

Heilongjiang: 3+45 new cases in Jiamusi, a mutant strain of Omicron BA.5.2
Since September 18, as of 24:00 on September 19, a total of 3 local confirmed cases and 45 local asymptomatic infections were found in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang.

On September 20, Chen Hongwei, deputy director of the Health and Wellness Commission of Jiamusi City, introduced at the Jiamusi City New Crown Pneumonia outbreak briefing that the virus in the current round of the outbreak in Jiamusi City is Omicron BA.5.2 variant strain, which is insidious and spreads rapidly with brief contact. The outbreak has a very obvious aggregation with a short incubation period, therefore, Jiamusi take silent management measures to interrupt the chain of transmission of the outbreak as soon as possible.

Sichuan: Chengdu and Dazhou gradually lift the closure and control management and restore order to life
From September 14 to September 19, the total number of infected persons in Sichuan showed a downward trend for 5 consecutive days.

On September 18, the Chengdu City New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Command announced that the city orderly resumed production and life order since September 19 at 00:00, all kinds of units, etc. resumed normal work order and production and operation, and public transportation fully resumed operation. At the same time, continue to strictly implement the hierarchical classification control measures, high-risk areas strictly implement “without leaving home, door-to-door service”, medium-risk areas to implement “people do not go out of the area, staggered take things”.

In addition, Dachuan District, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, in response to the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak emergency command issued a notice, decided from September 19 at 0:00, Dachuan District, part of the area to lift the closure of control management, specifically for the Huaxi community part of the area, Wutong Liang community, Caojialiang community, the field community part of the lifting of the closure of control management.

Tibet: From September 22, five types of people are temporarily not allowed to leave Tibet
On September 20, the Office of the Leading Group for Epidemic Prevention and Control of the Tibet Autonomous Region issued a notice requiring strict implementation of the criteria for leaving Tibet for epidemic prevention and control. The notice specifies five categories of personnel temporarily not allowed to leave Tibet, including positive infected people who have not turned negative, close contacts and close contacts of close contacts, people stranded in medium and high risk areas, people who have not completed 7 days of home health monitoring after discharge (cabin), people exposed in places involved in the epidemic and other types of risk personnel. People leaving Tibet need to report to their communities and take “five days and three checks” measures 5 days before leaving under community management. According to the notice, the above measures have been implemented since September 22 at 00:00.