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Fauci warns of ‘trouble’ for those w/ BA.5 variant if not up to date on vaccines. The nation’s top infectious diseases expert says he understands people are exhausted, but is urging those not up to date on vaccines to get the shots —BA.5 is no joke https://t.co/2eSLG5qL8E
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) August 7, 2022
The US BA.5 wave has plateaued https://t.co/bNPQGNXI4t by @jon_kamp pic.twitter.com/hCrlz1Y6MH
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 6, 2022
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Parts of Tibet are running mass COVID-19 testing on Tuesday, including the Chinese autonomous region's two largest cities, to fight a rare flare-up, while clusters were growing in tropical Hainan and in Xinjiang in China's west. https://t.co/XlxLzPxrDv
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) August 9, 2022
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Over the following four days at home, arrivals will undergo “medical surveillance,” when they will be allowed to take public transport, go to work, and enter shopping malls, but barred from accessing certain businesses including restaurants, bars, gyms and beauty salons.
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) August 9, 2022
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Not true, if the Financial Times and Dr. Topol are correct:
The BA.5 vaccine trial hasn't even started yet @Pfizer @BioNTech_Group, so the September date that has been touted for that booster is unrealistic https://t.co/TAFoxggKmm by @hannahkuchler @FT
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 8, 2022
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The shift from Delta #SARSCoV2 to #Omicron & then many subvariants resulted in ever-better evasion of the human immune system, w/the mutants using different receptors to gain entry to a wider range of human cell types. Thus, Omicron is far more contagious.https://t.co/pnzg8Fy7rf
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 7, 2022
Seeing the impact of BA.5 when the immunity wall consists of a high vaccination rate, limited prior infections except with BA.1, strong mitigation measures@OurWorldInData
What are immunity walls?https://t.co/pQYFuqy954 pic.twitter.com/avXxjfqrpK— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 7, 2022
In development: An at-home saliva-based Covid test that's as effective as PCR in preliminary analyses. PCR is the 'gold standard' method of detecting SARSCoV2. A Penn State team has developed a test that spots SARS2 in 45 mins w/ the accuracy of PCR https://t.co/4HcvpufMFP
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) August 6, 2022
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Paxlovid rebound: first evidence that the variant can influence the likelihood. ~30% increase for BA.5 compared with the preceding US dominant variant, BA.2.12.1https://t.co/tSxByRKKd1
Low frequency across both variants, as derived from EHRs, not the way to determine rebound pic.twitter.com/L01LOk0skM— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 6, 2022
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Scrutiny of 140,000 classroom interactions at Boston U, fall 2021 found only 9 possible cases of #COVID19 spread in class. BU had a 100%, no exceptions mask😷 mandate & max room ventilation with full student in-person attendance.https://t.co/z7ukHqLA24
&https://t.co/AuUAWe6VX9— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 6, 2022
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NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
129 new cases for 8/5/22
110 new cases for 8/6/22
73 new cases for 8/7/22
71 new cases for 8/8/22
(PCR tests only)
Deaths now at 1933, up 5 from last week.
Vaccinations at 72.8%
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 2,863 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,711,415 cases. It also reported six deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 36,032 deaths – 0.76% of the cumulative reported total, 0.77% of resolved cases.
26,238 Covid-19 tests were conducted on 6th August, with a positivity rate of 9.9%.
There were 43,875 active cases yesterday, 1,895 fewer than the day before. 1,790 were in hospital. 55 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 38 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 4,752 more patients recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,631,508 patients recovered – 98.3% of the cumulative reported total.
2,861 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Two new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 6,206 doses of vaccine on 8th August: 195 first doses, 681 second doses, 940 first booster doses, and 4,390 second booster doses. The cumulative total is 72,132,198 doses administered: 28,078,325 first doses, 27,465,981 second doses, 16,195,403 first booster doses, and 392,489 second booster doses. 86.0% of the population have received their first dose, 84.1% their second dose, 49.6% their first booster dose, and 1.2% their second booster dose.
lowtechcyclist
I can understand that people are tired of masks and social distancing and avoiding crowded indoor situations.
I can’t understand the carryover to getting a freakin’ shot once every six months. How much of a burden is that? If all the other stuff has become too much for you, then go back to your pre-Covid normal life. But get your shots. If Covid finds you, it’ll be a lot less likely to kill you.
Also, I love Pomodoro’s takedown of Clay Travis’ bullshit.
New Deal democrat
BIobot’s most recent update, through last week, shows a decline of 15% of COVID in wastewater, consistent with about 460,000 “real” new infections per day. Confirmed cases have declined by a roughly similar percent, to 105,500. Hospitalizations have plateaued for the past 2+ weeks at about 44-47,000, and were 44,800 yesterday. Deaths are close to a 4 month peak at 489.
Cases are not increasing significantly in any region, but there have been slight increases in a few States where BA.4.6 was a larger share of infections last week, including MI, MN, ND, and OK. Most of the biggest States show declines, including CA, CO, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WI.
Trevor Bedford has a very informative thread about what endemic COVID is likely to look like, based on the rate of mutations and the period of time that previous infection makes a recovered person resistant to re-infection:
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1554890588121493504
He indicates he is not making a prediction, but rather to
“illustrate a scenario where we end up in a regime of year-round variant-driven circulation with more circulation in the winter than summer, but not flu-like winter seasons and summer troughs.”
I’ll update later when CDC updates its variant proportions later this morning, but it appears that neither BA.4.6 nor BA.2.75 are major concerns. I continue to suspect in the immediate future there is further slow waning.
Matt McIrvin
@New Deal democrat: I kind of feel as if something resembling “endemic COVID” is where we are now in New England. The striking thing is that nothing has really changed for months. In terms of case rates and hospitalizations, it’s very similar to the situation a year ago after Delta hit but before Omicron. Death rates are somewhat lower.
And I have to confess, I’m being less careful than I was then. I usually mask up in indoor public spaces when I can, but I’m not insisting on avoiding situations where I can’t mask; that’s the difference. It’s the realization that it’s probably never going to get better than this, so there’s no post-pandemic situation to wait for–you choose your level of risk tolerance for the long haul and stick with it (until the next big wave at least).
lowtechcyclist
@Matt McIrvin: For me, it isn’t so much the hope of any post-pandemic situation (though it sounds like the vaccines will provide increasingly good protection) but post-work. I’m about 16 months from retirement, and I want to get there healthy and in shape to do fun things outdoors. So I’m continuing the same level of caution I’ve been exercising, with that goal and time horizon in mind.
Matt McIrvin
Just eyeballed a few numbers, the actual death rate from COVID everywhere in the Northeast right now is something pretty close to a round 1 death per million people per day. That does seem like a situation that people would just get used to over time, though it adds up–and it’s ignoring all effects on general health aside from death.
(Just based on New York’s data on the subject, I’m going to guess that most of those are people who were not up to date on vaccinations, possibly not vaccinated at all.)
Brit in Chicago
People are currently dying in the USA at the rate of about 175K per year. Does anyone have information about the vaccine status of those who die?
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/8 Mainland China reported 350 new domestic confirmed (46 previously asymptomatic), 478 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 25 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 13 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 99 active domestic confirmed & 47 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 25 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 10 domestic confirmed & 53 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 114 active domestic confirmed & 869 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 300 new domestic confirmed (43 previously asymptomatic) & 171 new domestic asymptomatic) cases. There currently are 1,283 active domestic confirmed & 577 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hunan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (all at Loudi) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Hengyang) cases in the province. 4 sites at Loudi are currently at High Risk, & 10 at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Qianjiang, all via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Qianjiang) & 15 active domestic asymptomatic (13 at Qianjiang & 2 at Wuhan) cases in the city. 1 site at Qianjiang is currently at High Risk, & 3 are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 16 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 88 active domestic confirmed & 31 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Gansu Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 19 domestic confirmed & 240 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 89 active domestic confirmed & 886 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
At Zhongwei in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city. 1 site is currently act High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 153 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The outbreak in the region is of the Omicron BA.2 variant, but different from those of other ongoing outbreaks in China, thus authorities believe it is a separate introduction from abroad. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 509 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Shandong Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 31 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed (13 at Heze & 1 at Qingdao) & 409 domestic asymptomatic (all at Heze) cases in the city. 57 sites at Heze are currently at Medium Risk.
Shijiazhuang at Hebei Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, at Xinle, a traced close contact under quarantine. There currently are 2 new domestic confirmed & 31 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 439 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jilin Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Changchun & 1 at Jilin City) cases. The cases at Changchun are a family of 4 coming from Inner Mongolia & Harbin in Heilongjiang, tested positive upon arrival. The case at Jilin City is traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 27 active domestic asymptomatic (19 at Yushu in Changchun, 5 at Jilin City, 2 at Changchun, & 1 at Meihekou) cases in the province. 6 sites at Jilin City are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The city is no longer reporting the number of active domestic positive cases. 2 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Shanghai Municipality 3 domestic confirmed & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently is 7 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases.
Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case (at Haozhou), a person under centralized quarantine. 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (all at Bengbu) & 11 active domestic asymptomatic (2 at Bengbu, 6 at Suzhou & 3 at Haozhou) cases in the province. 1 site at Haozhou is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
At Jiangsu 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 separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 1 site at Nanjing is currently is at High Risk, .
Zhejiang Province reported 67 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Jinhua) cases, 66 traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 8 sites at Jinhua & 1 at Lishui are currently at High Risk. 9 sites at Jinhua & 1 at Lishui are currently at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Putian, 3 coming from Guangxi (via Xiamen) on 8/3 & 2 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. there currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Jiangxi Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Yichun) case, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic (both at Yichun) cases in the province. 2 sites at Nanchang are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 2 new asymptomatic cases, all at Suining, all persons coming from out of province & under centralized quarantine. 6 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 7 sites at Chengdu are currently at Medium Risk.
Chongqing Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Jiulongpo Districts) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Jiulongpo & Hechuan Districts) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed & 18 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 15 are currently at Medium Risk.
At Zunyi in Guizhou Province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site at Zunyi is currently at High Risk, 1 site at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Lhasa) & 20 new domestic asymptomatic (16 at Lhasa & 4 at Ngari Prefecture) cases. The cases at Ngari Prefecture are all at Burang County, persons recently arrived from Shigatse, found via std. screening of persons coming from out of prefecture. The cases at Lhasa are all at Chengguan District, 10 coming from Shigatse on 8/4 or 8/5 & found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure, & 8 traced close contacts. Shigatse is under snap soft (by Chinese std.) lock down, although no domestic positive cases have been reported there yet. Lhasa has commenced mass screening across the city. These are the 1st COVID-19 cases in the region since Feb. 2020. The outbreak is of the Omicron BA.2.76 strain, which hitherto has not been reported in China. 1 site at Lhasa is currently at High Risk. 15 sites at Lhasa & 7 at Ngari Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
At Yunnan Province 8 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 22 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 8/8, Mainland China reported 49 new imported confirmed cases (6 previously asymptomatic), 62 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 108 confirmed cases recovered (61 imported), 433 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (56 imported) & 52 were reclassified as confirmed cases (6 imported), & 9,711 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,561 active confirmed cases in the country (596 imported), 3 in serious/critical condition (2 imported), 5,122 active asymptomatic cases (654 imported), 0 suspect cases. 106,534 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/8, 3,426.316M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 293K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 8/8 Hong Kong added 4,045 new positive cases, 262 imported & 3,783 domestic (1,439 via RT-PCR & 2,344 from rapid antigen tests), 3 new deaths (87 – 93 y.o., none boosted).
On 8/8, Taiwan added 23,669 new positive cases, 211 imported & 23,458 domestic (including 34 moderate or serious). There were 18 new deaths (ages ranging from < 5 y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 6/17 – 8/6, 17 w/ underlying conditions, 7 fully vaccinated & boosted).
Matt McIrvin
@Brit in Chicago: For a while, New York City was tracking cases and deaths by vaccination status and producing age-adjusted numbers. But they don’t seem to be doing it any more.
One thing to keep in mind is that in areas where vaccination is high, our old friend the base-rate fallacy can make a breakdown of deaths by vaccination status look more discouraging than it is–in the extreme case, if everyone were vaccinated, all deaths would also be of the vaccinated, but it wouldn’t mean the vaccine is useless. What you really want is information on how getting shots affects the probability of death (or major or chronic illness).
Sometimes you see breakdowns that aggregate all deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, which strikes me as useless since the situation changed so dramatically in so many ways over the course of the past two years. For the first year, almost nobody COULD get vaccinated, and of course the virus itself keeps evolving.
David_C
Apparently, Topol is not aware that the FDA said that the companies with variant vaccines do not need to do clinical trials.
New Deal democrat
The CDC has now updated its variant information. BA.4,4.6, and 5 now account for 98% of all infections. BA.5 has slightly increased its share from 84.5% to 87%. BA.4.6 has not meaningfully increased its share.
It does not appear that BA.4 or BA.4.6 are going to make substantial inroads into BA.5’s dominance, although BA.4.6 makes up over 10% of infections in the High Plains. BA.2.75 does not appear at all.
Zelma
I’m sitting here having taken my second round of Paxlovid wondering whether I will be able to go on my long planned trip to France next Monday. There are no longer any test requirements to do anything so how do I handle this? Do I personally test on Monday and see if the drug has worked? And if I test positive, do I personally make the decision to not go on the trip? I do have symptoms – a stuffy head and occasional headache,
There doesn’t seem to be any guidance for someone like me.
Geo Wilcox
I am not afraid of dying so much as living with a bad case of long Covid.
Chris T.
Re that first sarcastic tweet:
It was the Great Stink, which affected Parliament—not the dead and dying commoners—that led to the London sewer system.
As always, if it doesn’t harm those actually in power, nothing gets done….
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/9 Mainland China reported 380 new domestic confirmed (23 previously asymptomatic), 572 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 39 new domestic confirmed & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 5 domestic confirmed cases & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 133 active domestic confirmed & 50 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both previously asymptomatic) & 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 15 domestic confirmed & 29 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 101 active domestic confirmed & 849 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 285 new domestic confirmed (14 previously asymptomatic) & 285 new domestic asymptomatic) cases. There currently are 1,468 active domestic confirmed & 848 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hunan Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Changsha & Huaihua) cases. The case at Changsha came fro Xiamen in Fujian on 8/9 & tested positive upon arrival. The case at Huaihua came from out of province on 8/7 & under centralized quarantine since early on 8/9. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (all at Loudi) & 3 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Changsha, Huaihua & Hengyang) cases in the province. 4 sites at Loudi are currently at High Risk, & 10 at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 24 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Qianjiang, 16 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 9 via screening of residents in areas at elevated risk. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Qianjiang) & 38 active domestic asymptomatic (37 at Qianjiang & 1 at Wuhan) cases in the city. 1 site at Qianjiang is currently at High Risk, & 3 are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 27 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 114 active domestic confirmed & 34 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Gansu Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 24 domestic confirmed & 157 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 65 active domestic confirmed & 730 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
At Zhongwei in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city. 1 site is currently act High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 153 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The outbreak in the region is of the Omicron BA.2 variant, but different from those of other ongoing outbreaks in China, thus authorities believe it is a separate introduction from abroad. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 509 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Shandong Province 17 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed (13 at Heze & 1 at Qingdao) & 392 domestic asymptomatic (all at Heze) cases in the city. 57 sites at Heze are currently at Medium Risk.
Shijiazhuang at Hebei Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Xinle, all traced close contacts under quarantine. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 new domestic confirmed & 32 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 16 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 433 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 26 active domestic asymptomatic (18 at Yushu in Changchun, 5 at Jilin City, 2 at Changchun, & 1 at Meihekou) cases in the province. 6 sites at Jilin City are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. The city is no longer reporting the number of active domestic positive cases. All areas of the city are now at Low Risk.
At Shanghai Municipality 1 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently is 6 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases.
Anhui Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases (both at Haozhou), both from person under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Bengbu) & 7 active domestic asymptomatic (4 at Suzhou & 3 at Haozhou) cases in the province. 1 site at Haozhou is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
At Jiangsu Province 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining in the province. 1 site at Nanjing is currently is at High Risk, .
Zhejiang Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (all previously asymptomatic, 4 at Jinhua & 1 at Quzhou) & 49 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Jinhua) cases, 34 of the new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine,12 via community screening, & 3 from fever clinics. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 8 sites at Jinhua & 1 at Lishui are currently at High Risk. 9 sites at Jinhua & 1 at Lishui are currently at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 7 at Xiamen & 1 at Putian) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases (both at Putian). 1 of the case at Xiamen is a traced close contact of domestic positive cases reported at Putian, 5 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure, & a pandemic response worker living in “closed loop” & found via daily screening. 1 of the cases at Putian was previously asymptomatic, & 2 are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed & 6 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 3 sites at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
Yichun in Jiangxi Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Fengcheng) cases, all traced close contact under centralized quarantine. There currently are 7 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 1 site is currently at High Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 1 new asymptomatic cases, both at Suining, both persons coming from out of province & under centralized quarantine. 8 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 4 sites at Chengdu are currently at Medium Risk.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Yubei Districts) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Fengdu County & Nan’an District) cases, 2 recent arrivals from areas w/ active outbreaks & a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. There currently are 20 active domestic confirmed & 20 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 18 are currently at Medium Risk.
Zunyi in Guizhou Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Renhuai, both traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site at Zunyi is currently at High Risk, 1 site at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 10 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 3 at Lhasa & 7 at Shigatse) & 18 new domestic asymptomatic (16 at Shigatse & 2 at Ngari Prefecture) cases. The cases at Ngari Prefecture are at Burang County, both traced close contacts. The cases at Shigatse were found via mass screening. The cases at Lhasa are all at Chengguan District, 1 previously asymptomatic. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed (5 at Lhasa & 7 at Shigatse) & 37 active domestic asymptomatic cases (15 at Lhasa, 16 at Shigatse, & 6 at Ngari Prefecture) cases. 14 sites at Shigatse & 1 at Lhasa is currently at High Risk. 15 sites at Lhasa, 6 at Shigatse & 7 at Ngari Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Malipo County in Wenshan Prefecture) case. There currently are 23 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 8/9, Mainland China reported 64 new imported confirmed cases (8 previously asymptomatic), 78 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 109 confirmed cases recovered (53 imported), 301 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (47 imported) & 31 were reclassified as confirmed cases (8 imported), & 8,495 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,896 active confirmed cases in the country (607 imported), 5 in serious/critical condition (2 imported), 5,440 active asymptomatic cases (677 imported), 0 suspect cases. 115,776 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/9, 3,426.619M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 303K doses in the past 24 hrs. 1,301.392M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 92.31% of the total population), 1,268.285M are fully vaccinated (89.96% of the total), & 802.174M boosted (56.9% of the total). Of the > 60 y.o. cohort, 238.803M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 90.44% of the cohort), 226.092M are fully vaccinated (85.63% of the cohort), 176.28M boosted (66.76% of the cohort).
On 8/9 Hong Kong added 4,593 new positive cases, 249 imported & 4,344 domestic (1,716 via RT-PCR & 2,628 from rapid antigen tests), 4 new deaths (61 – 87 y.o., 2 un-boosted).
On 8/9, Taiwan added 23,808 new positive cases, 143 imported & 23,665 domestic (including 85 moderate or serious). There were 25 new deaths (ages ranging from 30+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 6/20 – 8/7, 24 w/ underlying conditions, 11 fully vaccinated & boosted).
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/10 Mainland China reported 614 new domestic confirmed (19 previously asymptomatic), 1,379 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 25 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed cases & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 157 active domestic confirmed & 51 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 21 domestic confirmed & 183 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 80 active domestic confirmed & 671 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 559 new domestic confirmed (9 previously asymptomatic) & 805 new domestic asymptomatic) cases. There currently are 2,126 active domestic confirmed & 1,644 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hunan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, at Changsha) case. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (4 at Loudi & 1 at Changsha) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Huaihua & Hengyang) cases in the province. 4 sites at Loudi are currently at High Risk, & 10 at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 8 new domestic asymptomatic (5 at Qianjiang & 3 at Shiyan) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Qianjiang) & 46 active domestic asymptomatic (42 at Qianjiang, 3 at Shiyan, & 1 at Wuhan) cases in the city. 1 site at Qianjiang is currently at High Risk, & 3 are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 116 active domestic confirmed & 39 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Gansu Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 6 new domestic asymptomatic case. 17 domestic confirmed & 202 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 48 active domestic confirmed & 523 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Hanzhong in Shaanxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contact of domestic positive cases elsewhere & under centralized quarantine.
At Zhongwei in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city. 1 site is currently act High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 395 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1,059 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Shandong Province 2 domestic confirmed & 71 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed (all at Heze) & 321 domestic asymptomatic (all at Heze) cases in the city. 57 sites at Heze are currently at Medium Risk.
Shijiazhuang at Hebei Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Xinle, both traced close contacts under quarantine. There currently are 2 new domestic confirmed & 34 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 2 domestic confirmed & 58 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 376 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jilin Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Changchun) case, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 21 active domestic asymptomatic (12 at Yushu in Changchun, 5 at Jilin City, 3 at Changchun, & 1 at Meihekou) cases in the province. 4 sites at Jilin City are currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both quarantine hotel workers found via daily screening. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The city is no longer reporting the number of active domestic positive cases.
At Shanghai Municipality 2 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently is 4 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases.
Anhui Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Bengbu) & 7 active domestic asymptomatic (4 at Suzhou & 3 at Haozhou) cases in the province. 1 site at Haozhou is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
At Jiangsu Province there currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case remaining in the province. 1 site at Nanjing is currently is at High Risk, .
Zhejiang Province reported 11 new domestic confirmed (8 previously asymptomatic, 10 at Jinhua & 1 at Wenzhou) & 56 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Jinhua) cases. 8 of the cases at Jinhua were previously asymptomatic, 46 are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine, & 12 via screening of residents in areas at elevated risk. The case at Wenzhou is a pandemic response worker found via daily screening. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 8 sites at Jinhua are currently at High Risk. 9 sites at Jinhua & 1 at Lishui are currently at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 at Xiamen & 1 at Putian) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not separate recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations. 6 sites at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Yingtan) & 16 new domestic asymptomatic (12 at Yichun & 4 at Yingtan) cases. The cases at Yichun are all traced close contact under centralized quarantine. The cases at Yingtan is a family of 6 coming from Yiwu in Jinhua, Zhejiang, on 8/4. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Yingtan) & 23 active domestic asymptomatic (19 at Yichun & 4 at Yingtan) cases in the province. 1 site at Yichun is currently at High Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 5 new asymptomatic (4 at Deyang & 1 at Chengdu) cases. 1 of the cases at Deyang came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival, & 3 are traced close contacts. The case at Chengdu is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 16 domestic confirmed & 10 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there. 1 site at Deyang is currently at Medium Risk.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Yubei Districts) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Fengdu County & Nan’an District) cases, 2 recent arrivals from areas w/ active outbreaks & a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 20 active domestic confirmed & 20 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 18 are currently at Medium Risk.
Zunyi in Guizhou Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site at Zunyi is currently at High Risk, 1 site at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Shigatse) & 66 new domestic asymptomatic (25 at Lhasa, 19 at Shigatse, 19 at Ngari Prefecture, & 3 at Lhoka) cases. 18 of the cases at Lhasa are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, 5 coming from Nyingchi on 8/8, & 2 coming from Shigatse on 8/4. The cases at Lhoka recently traveled to Shigatse or Nyingchi. There currently are 15 active domestic confirmed (4 at Lhasa, 8 at Shigatse, 2 at Nyingchi, & 1 at Lhoka) & 107 active domestic asymptomatic cases (41 at Lhasa, 31 at Shigatse, 25 at Ngari Prefecture, 7 at Lhoka, & 3 at Nyingchi) cases. 14 sites at Shigatse, 2 each at Lhoka & Nyingchi, & 1 at Lhasa is currently at High Risk. 19 sites at Lhasa, 14 at Ngari Prefecture, 12 at Nyingchi, 6 at Shigatse, & 1 at Lhoka are currently at Medium Risk.
Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 19 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 8/10, Mainland China reported 86 new imported confirmed cases (7 previously asymptomatic), 87 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 125 confirmed cases recovered (60 imported), 617 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (65 imported) & 26 were reclassified as confirmed cases (7 imported), & 15,404 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 3,471 active confirmed cases in the country (633 imported), 7 in serious/critical condition (2 imported), 6,263 active asymptomatic cases (692 imported), 0 suspect cases. 126,303 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/10, 3,426.938M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 319K doses in the past 24 hrs. As of 8/9, 1,301.392M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 92.31% of the total population), 1,268.285M are fully vaccinated (89.96% of the total), & 802.174M boosted (56.9% of the total). Of the > 60 y.o. cohort, 238.803M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 90.44% of the cohort), 226.092M are fully vaccinated (85.63% of the cohort), 176.28M boosted (66.76% of the cohort).
On 8/10 Hong Kong added 4,376 new positive cases, 196 imported & 4,180 domestic (1,289 via RT-PCR & 2,891 from rapid antigen tests), 1 new death (85 y.o., unvaccinated).
On 8/10, Taiwan added 22,909 new positive cases, 259 imported & 22,650 domestic (including 110 moderate or serious). There were 44 new deaths (ages ranging from < 5 y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 5/25 – 8/8, 41 w/ underlying conditions, 10 fully vaccinated & boosted).