NOTE: Barring disaster, I don’t plan to post an Update tomorrow (Monday / Tuesday). For one thing, given the holiday weekend, there probably won’t be much to aggregate. And for another, the Spousal Unit wants to go somewhere darker than our neighborhood in hopes of a Tau Herculid meteor storm.
When will we know if Covid is seasonal? The word from virologists is the infection is likely headed toward seasonality, but it's not there yet https://t.co/bPIhIqKCR1
— delthia ricks (@DelthiaRicks) May 29, 2022
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Beijing reopens libraries, museums, theaters and gyms in districts that have seen no community COVID cases for seven consecutive days, with limits on numbers of people pic.twitter.com/XhUepPSm1R
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 29, 2022
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Why call it BA.2.12.1? A guide to tangled #Omicron family
Given subvariants’ increasing dominance, article tries to make sense of current wonky names & learn why @WHO hasn’t given them Greek monikers that could spur policymakers to take stronger actionhttps://t.co/wirzykAuWg
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) May 29, 2022
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Late Night Open Thread & Test
NotMax
“Keep clear of the moors.”
– An American Werewolf in London
;·)
OzarkHillbilly
Nice to have a real Balloon Juice again. Being able to copy/paste makes things so much easier.
eclare
So good to see the covid update back where it belongs! Good luck seeing meteors!
Rob
Thank you as always for doing these (near) daily roundups, Anne Laurie. Enjoy your day off!
Back to lurking for me …
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 1,155 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,503,734 cases. It also reported five deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,665 deaths – 0.79% of the cumulative reported total, 0.80% of resolved cases.
There were 24,393 active cases yesterday, 825 fewer than the day before. 939 were in hospital. 34 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 18 confirmed cases cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 1,975 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,443,676 patients recovered – 98.7% of the cumulative reported total.
1,152 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Three new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 10,883 doses of vaccine on 29th May: 5,172 first doses, 4,709 second doses, and 1,002 booster doses. The cumulative total is 70,908,659 doses administered: 27,974,708 first doses, 27,053,759 second doses, and 16,094,258 booster doses. 85.6% of the population have received their first dose, 82.8% their second dose, and 49.3% their booster dose.
Baud
So we’ll see you tomorrow then.
Baud
Wastewater privacy?
New Deal democrat
Very few States updated yesterday, so just a brief national summary.
Cases declined slightly again to 105,600 vs. their peak of 110,900 three days ago, and 110,300 one week ago. Crossing fingers that this is real and not just due to the holiday weekend.
Hospitalizations increased to 26,300. This is still lower than at any point previous to this spring except for September 2020 and May-July 2021.
Deaths were 370 vs. 318 one week ago.
If 110,000 turns out to have been the real peak, then hospitalizations should peak at about 40,000 in a couple of weeks and deaths at about 1200 in a month or two.
Mousebumples
Thanks for all your work on these. Enjoy your time away.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Ooh. A reply button! I’m so glad. I have trouble following discussions without it
bjacques
Checking in, finally. I like the new (old) place! Seems roomier somehow. Higher ceilings?
Caught up on about 10 days’ worth of posts with DailyKos for substitute Ukraine war news, I watched Abbott’s first press conference wherein Beto stood up to those clowns.
Anyway, finally got my ‘Rona ticket punched, 2weeks ago and 4-1/2 months after my first booster. Probably at an art opening when the missus and I should have known better. I got symptoms 2 days in, so did 2 self-tests, positive, then a government PCR test, got positive results that evening, so that was that. About 5 days of sneezing, coughing and snorting, then a few days of heavy sleeping. Kept my appetite and sense of smell. Slight lingering cough. So, more like opiejeanne than Raven.
They don’t do Paxlovid here in NL in most cases—just go home and wait it out. The missus, being older, got her 2nd booster late March, so tested negative at home. Me sleeping downstairs and keeping some distance those 5 symptomatic days probably helped. My “booster” will wear off by September, when I’m eligible to get a real one. At least I got sick at the least worst time.
NotMax
‘@Dorothy A. Winsor
Let a thousand pantsless posts blossom!
:·)
JeanneT
My 96 year old mom-in-law just tested positive last night, along with 4 other residents of her assisted living home. Mild chest cold like symptoms. Hoping to find out this morning if she’s a candidate for Paxlovid. My grand kid and I visited her last Thursday, so we were possibly exposed. I’ve been boosted, MIL’s been boosted. My morning’s rapid test is negative; the kid has no symptoms so far and will get tested tonight.
The kiddo has been in the trial for Pfizer’s kid’s vaccine. Data is still blinded, so we have no idea if he’s had any of the vaccine at all. Such interesting times!
Suzanne
I am still very interested to see data — if the data exists — indicating whether or not other pathogens were affected by all of our hygiene methods and behaviors. Y’all know that I design healthcare spaces of all different types. Of course, in the first year of the pandemic, everybody insisted on putting in glass or acrylic dividers around every type of open work station or desk. This came at huge cost and looked hella ugly. And we already recommended interior materials that stood up to bleach-based cleaning chemicals, but the everybody started essentially swabbing down all the furniture 50 times a day with the “death wipes”, so the furniture’s life span is now less than nothing. And I have long suspected that none of it did a damn thing for Covid. BUT what about norovirus and C diff and MRSA? Those are all transmitted by surfaces. And they’re terrible. I would love to know if transmission rates of those went down.
mrmoshpotato
Your city can only identify you through wastewater if you think your shit don’t stink.
raven
I just knocked down the last Paxlovid pills. Oddly the “metallic” taste peaks at night and is yucky when you wake up (which is about three times a night). We decided to delay our anniversary a week since I’m still supposed to mask even in the house!
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax:
Nice.
mrmoshpotato
@Baud:
Read the Consittoonshun!
YY_Sima Qian
On 5/29 Mainland China reported 20 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic), 102 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
At Guangdong Province 5 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 24 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Guangxi “Autonomous” Region 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 9 active domestic asymptomatic (4 at Fangchenggang, 3 at Baise, & 2 at Chongzuo) cases remaining.
At Hunan Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the province.
Tianjin Municipality reported 6 new domestic confirmed (all mild) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The city is no longer reporting recoveries, so I cannot track the count of active cases.
Shandong Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases & 18 active asymptomatic cases in the province. As not all of the administrative divisions in the province provide data on recoveries, I cannot track the count of active cases in all of the administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province there currently are 5 active confirmed cases remaining.
Hebei Province reported 19 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 17 Langfang & 2 at Handan. Both cases at Handan are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 52 active asymptomatic case in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 1 industrial park at Langfang is currently at Medium Risk.
Liaoning Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Dandong. 3 domestic confirmed & 29 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 78 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. All sites in the province are now at Low Risk.
Jilin Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not consistently break down recoveries by confirmed & asymptomatic cases or by jurisdictions, I can no longer track the count of active case counts in the different jurisdictions.
Heihe in Heilongjiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city.
Beijing Municipality reported 8 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 12 mild & 2 moderate) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all new positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. As the city does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 7 sites are currently at High Risk. 14 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 6 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 61 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 64 of the new positive cases were already under quarantine & 1 from community screening. There were 0 new deaths. 119 domestic confirmed & 2,340 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1,489 active domestic confirmed (90 serious & 28 critical) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 6 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (mild, at Wuhan) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (3 at Jingmen & 2 at Ezhou) cases remaining.
Jiangsu Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 17 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in each administrative division, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Anhui Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases (3 at Huangshan & 1 at Xuancheng) in the province.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported versus domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Fujian Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Qiannan Prefecture in Guizhou Province the last domestic asymptomatic case recovered.
At Jiangxi Province here currently are 23 active domestic asymptomatic cases (21 at Yichun & 2 at Shangrao) remaining.
Henan Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Changge in Xuchang, both persons under centralized quarantine. 7 domestic confirmed & 27 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 98 active domestic confirmed & 362 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Sichuan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Chongqing Municipality the last domestic asymptomatic case recovered.
At Qinghai Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.
Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 36 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Yunnan Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 5/29, Mainland China reported 14 new imported confirmed cases (2 previously asymptomatic), 48 imported asymptomatic cases, 2 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 215 confirmed cases recovered (12 imported), 2,550 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (42 imported) & 5 were reclassified as confirmed cases (2 imported), & 12,973 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,748 active confirmed cases in the country (231 imported), 133 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 13,776 active asymptomatic cases (453 imported), 5 suspect cases (all imported). 187,651 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 5/29, 3,379.075M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 864K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 5/30 Hong Kong reported 275 new positive cases, 48 imported & 227 domestic (77 via RT-PCR & 150 from rapid antigen tests), 2 deaths (both fully vaccinated).
On 5/30, Taiwan reported 60,103 new positive cases, 61 imported & 60,042 domestic (including 363 moderate & 105 serious). There were 109 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death between 5/10 – 5/27, 106 having a range of underlying conditions, 66 partially/fully vaccinated).
eclare
@JeanneT: How stressful, not knowing if your kid has received the vaccine or a placebo.
Anne Laurie
Best I can tell, the latest conspiracy theory is that Bill Gates’ vaccine microchips give every ‘victim’ a unique identifier, and ‘they’ can tell from such micro-identified waste products (poop) who’s been eating all-American cheeseburgers, which are gonna be made illegal any second now. Or so MTG is telling her followers on twitter…
YY_Sima Qian
@Anne Laurie: Do enjoy your break from covering the pandemic!
Suzanne
@Anne Laurie:
Don’t worry, y’all, we can tell who’s been eating a lot of cheeseburgers. No wastewater analysis required.
NotMax
‘@Baud
At first read that as “wastewater piracy.”
Whole ‘nother ball o’ wax, that.
YY_Sima Qian
Shanghai municipal government just announced that the city’s lock down will be lifted starting from tomorrow, w/ all businesses & public spaces reopened at reduced capacity, & all public transportation in operation. Except for areas officially designated as Medium/High Risk, or zones officially designated as under lockdown or movement control (which together covers ~ 4% of the city’s population), sub-district & communities are prohibited from imposing tighter restrictions on their own (surely to assuage the most significant complaint from the population in the past couple of weeks).
Given that Shanghai is still finding the odd case from community via frequent mass screening in recent days, & other parts of China are reporting travelers from the city testing positive (after testing negative w/in 48 hrs of departure from Shanghai), there could still be very low level cryptic transmission there. One hopes the city does not suffer a relapse.
mrmoshpotato
@Anne Laurie: I hope you find super dark sky for the meteor storm. It sounds awesome!
mrmoshpotato
@NotMax: Arrrr me stinky hearties!
Peale
@Anne Laurie: if it wouldn’t create other ghastly public health crisis, I’d like to encourage the loons to quit using toilets. Let them busy themselves figuring out what to do with their crap. We could even fundraise by selling special limited edition balloon juice chamber pot and garden spade sets to gift to our nutter relatives for Christmas.
Brachiator
I got my second Moderna booster last week. So far, I have still avoided catching anything.
mrmoshpotato
@Brachiator:
Try playing shortstop.
NeenerNeener
Both the Monroe County reporting site and the NYS Dept of Health reporting site seem to have taken the holiday weekend off.
Nicole
Gadzooks, I’ve missed these updates. The bit above about almost all of the Covid patients from earlier variants losing some sense of taste and smell has me now wandering around the house, sniffing everything I can, as I really didn’t think I had that as a symptom with my bout with the OG variant or my fresh case of Omicron. :(
I got the usual Covid check-in questionnaire from my oncologist’s office (6 month check-up this Wednesday) and filled it out honestly (yes, I did test positive in the past 21 days) and now I’m on hold until someone from the office is going to call me. As I’m testing negative and finished isolation a week ago today, I’m assuming it’ll all be fine, but maybe not. Yet another reminder that having Covid is a huge disruption to daily life, even if you don’t get severely ill. If they cancel this appointment I’m guessing it’ll be 3-4 months before they can get me in again, and that’s very anxiety-inducing when the office is the oncologist.
Steeplejack
@Baud:
Okay, first laugh of the day.
Mo MacArbie
I hate to say it, knowing what led to it, but this thread loads like lightning today!
Citizen Alan
So I’m back in Mississippi for the summer. And I finally got covid, most likely from the graduation ceremony at Saint John’s. And now I’m stuck in quarantine in the same house where my mother passed away 2 days ago. Which is perhaps the most Southern Gothic thing I’ve ever experienced in my life.
WaterGirl
@Citizen Alan:
I am so sorry. Sorry you lost your mom, sorry you are stuck in quarantine, and truly sorry that you are stuck in the house where your mom just died. I hope that quarantining in the house can somehow magically become a comfort to you and not a nightmare.
VOR
That is an excellent question. Seasonal flu went to practically nothing in the US during COVID because social distancing and mask wearing are effective against influenza too.
Yes, those barriers were designed when we thought COVID was transmitted by droplets. Now that we know it can be airborne then the idea of disrupting air flow is different.
I recall reading an article early in the pandemic about how it would drive changes in home design. Putting a place to wash your hands into an entryway. Brass/bronze fixtures since those have anti-biotic and anti-viral properties. Changes in surfaces to make them easier to clean, as you mention with the bleach-based cleaning. Ventilation, ventilation, and more ventilation. Not sure these changes have really come to pass.
Bill Arnold
For those who have not yet looked at this widely-reported-on CDC report:
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) – CDC – “Post–COVID Conditions Among Adult COVID-19 Survivors Aged 18–64 and ≥65 Years — United States, March 2020–November 2021 (May 24, 2022)
The study is reasonably-large: Case-patients == 353,164, Control patients == 353,164
This is different than the Veterans Administration long-COVID studies, which are similarly alarming.
See the table with risk ratios for various sequelae (usefully tight error bars):
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7121e1.htm#T1_down
(If one pokes, one can find complaints about this study. They do not invalidate the results, IMO.
Most members of the US population are rolling the long-COVID die (1d6) every 6 months or so, and we/the USA will eventually end up with 20+ millions (10+M already) with long-term damage of varying severity. This will burden the USA a large economic competitive disadvantage relative to some other countries, e.g. China, that took/take pandemic control seriously, in part because of no psychopathic and powerful domestic political opposition.
Steeplejack
@Citizen Alan:
Yikes. Toss-up between William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams. My condolences about your mother. And sorry about the COVID.
YY_Sima Qian
On 5/30 Mainland China reported 28 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic), 69 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
At Guangdong Province 5 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Guangxi “Autonomous” Region 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic asymptomatic (4 at Fangchenggang, 3 at Baise, & 1 at Chongzuo) cases remaining.
At Hunan Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the province.
Tianjin Municipality reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The city is no longer reporting recoveries, so I cannot track the count of active cases.
Shandong Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases & 18 active asymptomatic cases in the province. As not all of the administrative divisions in the province provide data on recoveries, I cannot track the count of active cases in all of the administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Xi’an in Shaanxi Province there currently are 5 active confirmed cases remaining.
Hebei Province reported 15 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Yongqing County in Langfang. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 66 active asymptomatic case in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 1 industrial park at Langfang is currently at Medium Risk.
Liaoning Province reported 12 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Dandong. 8 asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 82 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Jilin Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (mild) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 8 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not consistently break down recoveries by confirmed & asymptomatic cases or by jurisdictions, I can no longer track the count of active case counts in the different jurisdictions.
At Heihe in Heilongjiang Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.
Beijing Municipality reported 16 new domestic confirmed (11 mild & 5 moderate) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 17 of the new positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. The community case 1st developed symptoms on 5/26 but did not immediately seek medical attention, symptoms worsened on 5/29 & tested positive at fever clinic on the same day. As the city does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 4 sites are currently at High Risk. 14 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 9 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 22 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all of the new positive cases were already under quarantine. There were 0 new deaths. 189 domestic confirmed & 1,733 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1,309 active domestic confirmed (86 serious & 28 critical) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 7 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Hubei Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (mild, at Wuhan) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (3 at Jingmen & 2 at Ezhou) cases remaining.
At Jiangsu Province 1 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in each administrative division, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Anhui Province 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases (1 each at Huangshan & Xuancheng) remaining.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported versus domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Fujian Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
At Jiangxi Province here currently are 23 active domestic asymptomatic cases (21 at Yichun & 2 at Shangrao) remaining.
Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 15 domestic confirmed & 45 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 83 active domestic confirmed & 317 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Sichuan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, at Guang’an) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Bazhong) cases. The case at Bazhong came from elsewhere & under centralized quarantine since arrival. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported vs. domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Qinghai Province 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining.
Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 37 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Menglian County in Pu’er. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 5/30, Mainland China reported 22 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 55 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 290 confirmed cases recovered (19 imported), 1,946 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (54 imported) & 4 were reclassified as confirmed cases (1 imported), & 21,076 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,508 active confirmed cases in the country (234 imported), 128 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 11,950 active asymptomatic cases (453 imported), 5 suspect cases (all imported). 174,710 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 5/30, 3,380.791M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 1.116M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 5/31 Hong Kong reported 329 new positive cases, 35 imported & 294 domestic (79 via RT-PCR & 215 from rapid antigen tests), 0 deaths.
On 5/31, Taiwan reported 80,705 new positive cases, 49 imported & 80,656 domestic (including 108 moderate & 82 serious). There were 90 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death between 5/11 – 5/29, 86 having a range of underlying conditions, 46 partially/fully vaccinated).