From 0 to 24:00 on April 20, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2,841 new confirmed cases*. Among them, 11 cases were imported from abroad (5 cases in Guangxi, 3 cases in Fujian, 1 case in Shanghai, 1 case in Guangdong, 1 case in Yunnan), including 2 cases from asymptomatic infected person to confirmed case (1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Guangxi), 2830 cases* in local cases* (2634 cases in Shanghai*, 95 cases in Jilin, 42 cases in Heilongjiang, 14 cases in Jiangxi, 8 cases in Jiangsu, 8 cases in Guangdong, 6 cases in Zhejiang, 5 cases in Shanxi, 4 cases in Sichuan, 4 cases in Qinghai, 3 cases in Hunan, 1 case in Beijing, 1 case in Hebei, 1 case in Inner Mongolia, 1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Shandong, 1 case in Henan and 1 case in Yunnan), including 500 cases converted from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases* (459 cases in Shanghai*, 32 cases in Jilin, 5 cases in Zhejiang, 2 cases in Guangdong, 1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Shandong). There were 8 new deaths, all of which were local cases, in Shanghai; there were no new suspected cases.
On the same day, 2183 new cured and discharged cases were added, including 14 imported cases, 2169 local cases (1173 cases in Shanghai, 913 cases in Jilin, 14 cases in Shandong, 13 cases in Fujian, 10 cases in Zhejiang, 10 cases in Sichuan, 8 cases in Guangdong, 7 cases in Jiangsu, 4 cases in Hainan, 3 cases in Shaanxi, 2 cases in Beijing, 2 cases in Hebei, 2 cases in Liaoning, 2 cases in Heilongjiang, 2 cases in Guangxi, 1 case in Shanxi, 1 case in Inner Mongolia, 1 case in Hunan, 1 case in Qinghai), and 71085 close contacts who were released from medical observation. The number of severe cases increased by 107 from the previous day.
There are 233 confirmed cases (no severe cases) imported from overseas, and 2 suspected cases. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 18,061, the cumulative number of cured and discharged cases is 17,828, and there are no deaths.
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As of 24:00 on April 20, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there are 31,421 confirmed cases (including 223 severe cases), 157869 cured and discharged cases*, 4,663 cumulative deaths, 193953 confirmed cases* and 2 suspected cases. A total of 3021806 close contacts have been traced, and 425756 close contacts are still under medical observation.
31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 16,617 new cases of asymptomatic infection, including 65 cases imported from abroad and 16,552 cases (15,861 cases in Shanghai, 261 cases in Jilin, 111 cases in Jiangsu, 93 cases in Hebei, 31 cases in Zhejiang, 31 cases in Jiangxi, 30 cases in Anhui, 26 cases in Shanxi, 25 cases in Henan, 23 cases in Heilongjiang, 20 cases in Shandong, 9 cases in Qinghai, 6 cases in Liaoning, 6 cases in Guangxi, 6 cases in Yunnan, 4 cases in Guangdong, 4 cases in Sichuan, 3 cases in Hubei, 1 case in Fujian, 1 case in the Corps).
There were 21,143 asymptomatic infected people who were released from medical observation on the same day, including 68 cases imported from abroad, 21,075 cases in China (19,124 cases in Shanghai, 1,473 cases in Jilin, 89 cases in Guangxi, 71 cases in Shandong, 67 cases in Hebei, 65 cases in Liaoning, 52 cases in Jiangsu, 44 cases in Fujian, 23 cases in Anhui, 15 cases in Hubei, 12 cases in Guangdong, 7 cases in Gansu, 6 cases in Hainan, 6 cases in Yunnan, 5 cases in Henan, 4 cases in Qinghai, 3 cases in Zhejiang, 2 cases in Heilongjiang, 2 cases in Xinjiang, 1 case in Shanxi, 1 case in Jiangxi, 1 case in Sichuan, 1 case in Guizhou and 1 case in Shaanxi); 502 cases* were turned into confirmed cases on the same day (2 cases imported from abroad); 261262 cases* of asymptomatic infected people under medical observation (745 cases imported from abroad).
A total of 350502 confirmed cases have been reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there were 310234 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (68,755 cases discharged from hospital, 9,186 deaths), 82 cases in Macao Special Administrative Region (82 cases discharged from hospital), and 40,186 cases in Taiwan Region (13,742 cases discharged from hospital, 856 deaths).
Remarks: *2 additional cases
Drill fence out of the community to distribute more than 100 orders
The positive rider was investigated
On April 20, the Changchun Chaoyang police issued a police circular on the criminal acts of Guo, Dai and Wang for obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases, the full text of which is as follows:
Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau Chaoyang District Bureau
Police circular on punishing Guo X, Dai X, and Wang X for criminal acts of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases in accordance with law
On April 16, 2022, the Chaoyang District Bureau of the Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau received an order that Guo Mou, a fast-delivery APP rider living in a residential area of No. 1 Tianbao Street, Chaoyang District, tested positive for covid-19. After receiving the report, the Chaoyang Sub-bureau immediately launched an investigation.
After investigation, Guo violated the static management regulations during the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Changchun City and evaded nucleic acid testing, and from March 20 to April 16, 2022, he repeatedly took the form of drilling fences to carry out takeaway delivery services away from his residential community, and successively delivered more than 100 orders of materials in Chaoyang, Nanguan, Kuancheng, Erdao and other urban areas of Changchun City, causing a major risk of the spread of the new crown pneumonia virus. In addition, through the investigation of a network technology company where Guo worked, it was found that the company's management personnel violated the regulations on the management of distribution service enterprises and employees during the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Changchun City, and were directly responsible for causing the risk of serious spread of new crown pneumonia.
On April 19, 2022, the Chaoyang District Bureau of the Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau filed a case against Guo, Dai and Wang on suspicion of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases in accordance with article 330 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. At present, Guo X, Dai X, and Wang X have been taken criminal compulsory measures of residential surveillance.
The public security organs remind the general public: During the critical period of epidemic prevention and control, the general public is invited to strictly abide by the relevant decisions and orders of the people's government on epidemic prevention work, take the initiative to perform epidemic prevention responsibilities and obligations, and actively cooperate with the epidemic prevention and control work. For illegal acts that refuse to cooperate or obstruct the prevention and control of the epidemic, once verified, the public security organs will severely crack down on them, and if they constitute a crime, they will be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with law.
Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau Chaoyang District Bureau
April 20, 2022
There were 8 new deaths in Shanghai
Sun Chunlan: Do everything possible to reduce the case fatality rate
Shanghai Municipal Health Commission reported on the 21st: At 0-24:00 on April 20, 2022, there were 2,634 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 15,861 cases of asymptomatic infection, of which 459 confirmed cases were the return of previously asymptomatic infected people, 1976 confirmed cases and 15,619 asymptomatic infected people were found in isolation and control, and the rest were found in the investigation of relevant risk groups. One new imported confirmed case and two asymptomatic infected cases were found in closed-loop control.
From 0 to 24:00 on April 20, 2022, there were 8 new indigenous deaths, with an average age of 77.5 years and a maximum age of 93 years. Eight patients had advanced malignant tumors, severe cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, hypertension grade 3, etc.), nervous system diseases (cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, cognitive dysfunction), uremia, etc. After the patient was admitted to the hospital, his condition worsened and he died after ineffective rescue. The direct causes of death are all based on disease.
- Sun Chunlan: Do everything possible to reduce the case fatality rate
Sun Chunlan, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, conducted research and guidance on epidemic prevention and control in Shanghai from April 19 to 20. She noted:
1. It is necessary to further strengthen the work of medical treatment, adhere to the classification of treatment, implement two-way referral, the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, adhere to the concentration of patients, experts, resources, and treatment, carry out multidisciplinary expert joint inspections, strengthen the treatment and care of patients with severe and critical illness, and do everything possible to reduce the case fatality rate.
2. In-depth analysis and study of old communities and pension institutions with a high proportion of positive infections and a large number of people, come up with targeted solutions, strengthen on-site flow tracing, accelerate the transfer and treatment of positive infected people, isolate close contacts, and quickly carry out standardized environmental elimination.
3. Carrying out epidemic prevention and control actions and accelerating the realization of the goal of zeroing out social coverage is an important measure to adhere to the supremacy of the people and the supremacy of life, and has achieved phased results.
4. It is necessary to implement various prevention and control measures in detail, focusing on solving prominent problems such as slow transfer out, in-depth flow adjustment, and shortage of isolation resources.
5. It is necessary to continue to strengthen community management, further strengthen the epidemic control of key places such as nursing homes, schools, construction sites, and farmers' markets, implement the main responsibility, adhere to closed-loop management, formulate special plans by classification, refine epidemic prevention measures, and strictly prevent the occurrence of clustered epidemics.
Forged 11 passes
Three people were arrested in Shanghai
According to the official microblog of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau (@Police-Citizen Express-Shanghai) on April 20, recently, jinshan police cracked a case of forging epidemic prevention vehicle passes according to clues, arrested 3 criminal suspects, and seized 11 fake "Shanghai Epidemic Prevention Guarantee (Living Materials) Temporary Passes".
After investigation, the criminal suspect Chen Mou (male, 33 years old) instructed Guo Mou (female, 30 years old) to use picture modification software to forge 11 passes in order to facilitate the company's vehicles to transport non-guaranteed goods, and sent the forged electronic template of the pass to Li Mou (male, 36 years old).
Li continued to print and use it knowing that the electronic template of the pass was forged. At present, the relevant personnel have been taken criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law for the crime of forging documents of state organs, and the case is being further investigated.
The police warned: During the epidemic prevention and control period, in order to ensure the smooth passage of epidemic prevention vehicles, the relevant departments will strictly examine and approve the issuance of epidemic prevention vehicle passes in accordance with the law. Any unit or individual's act of forging, altering, buying or selling epidemic prevention permits and using fake epidemic prevention permits is an illegal and criminal act, and the public security organs will continue to crack down hard. The general public is invited to report such situations to the public security organs in a timely manner.
Latest briefing by Beijing
Strict management of entry and return to Beijing
On April 20, Beijing held a press conference to introduce the latest situation of epidemic prevention and control.
- From 0:00 on the 19th to 16:00 on the 20th, there were 3 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Beijing.
- On the 20th, the second neighborhood of Jiuxianqiao Street in Chaoyang District, Beijing was reduced from a high-risk area to a medium-risk area. The rest of Beijing is a low-risk area.
- As the "May Day" holiday approaches, it is necessary to continue to strictly manage entering and returning to Beijing, and it is not necessary to leave Beijing.
- Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, stressed that personnel entering (returning) to Beijing should take the initiative to report.
Hold the Beijing Health Treasure Green Code and a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours, fill in the "Beijing Heart Help" Mini Program before arriving in Beijing or within 12 hours after arriving in Beijing, and report to the community, village, hotel, unit, school, etc.;
Carry out nucleic acid testing within 24 hours after arriving in Beijing and within 72 hours;
Do not eat together, do not gather, or go to crowded places within 7 days after returning to Beijing;
Advocate the unit to require employees to do 1 additional nucleic acid within 48 hours before returning to work, and take home work before the negative test results are released;
If symptoms such as fever and cough appear, it is necessary to seek medical treatment in a timely manner in accordance with regulations.
Source: Popular Science China