New CDC guidelines not only ditched quarantines, they put less emphasis on social distancing, routine testing & contact tracing. You no longer have to stay 6-feet away. But CDC leadership is in disarray so it's best to act the best interest of your health https://t.co/cPSwTwwCpP
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) August 12, 2022
The CDC effectively throws up its hands:
Glass practically half full — and, let’s be realistic, who needs that much liquid anyways?
… At this point in the pandemic, the emphasis must shift from universal mandates to individual decisions to minimize the disruption of in-person learning.
Previous guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was appropriate for the last school year, but it is out of step with the situation today. It referenced social distancing and separating kids into cohorts, which posed practical difficulties for many schools. It urged masking at schools in communities with high levels of covid transmission, which is the case for more than 40 percent of the United States.
Masks and distancing are mitigation measures that were needed before vaccines became widely available for school-age children. That’s no longer the case. Everyone 6 months and older can be vaccinated, and those 5 years old and above can be boosted. Moreover, the vast majority of children have been exposed to covid. A CDC study found that as of February 3 out of 4 kids have had the coronavirus. That was before the BA.2 and BA.5 omicron subvariants became the dominant strains. By now, most children, and most of the general population, are well-protected from severe illness as a result of vaccination, prior infection or both…
The CDC’s new guidance removes blanket distancing and cohorting requirements. Importantly, it also allows children exposed to covid to stay in class. This should prevent entire classrooms from being forced to stay home because one child tested positive and will come as a huge relief to parents who have seen how the unpredictability of covid restrictions negatively affects their work and their children’s education.
Masking in areas of high transmission remains part of the guidance, which schools will not follow anyway; a survey of 500 of the largest K-12 school districts found that 98 percent no longer plan to mandate masks…
Those opposed to the CDC easing restrictions warn that the new policies will lead to super-spreader events at schools. They are right. Schools will have more outbreaks as layers of protection are removed. But daily outbreaks already occur at conferences, weddings, restaurants, gyms and workplaces. Most are probably not reported or even detected, as there is increased recognition that the United States cannot contain covid-19 through contact tracing.
Rather, everyone engaging in public life should be aware that those around them could be infected with the coronavirus. They should protect themselves with vaccines, know which treatments they are eligible for and take precautions such as masking according to their level of risk tolerance. Students, teachers and school staff are no different…
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Anger and anxiety are mounting among tens of thousands of tourists stranded in Sanya, a beach resort destination in China that has become the country’s latest site of a sudden lockdown following a Covid-19 outbreak.@_KarenHao @qianweizhang @ZhaoReddyhttps://t.co/hw8gavi7CC
— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) August 9, 2022
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The 75th Indian Independence Day is August 15th, next Monday:
As the country continues to record an average of over 15,000 #coronavirus cases daily, the Centre has asked States to ensure there are no large gatherings for Independence Day celebrations and that everyone follows Covid protocols. https://t.co/lHOa6U4J4s
— National Herald (@NH_India) August 12, 2022
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Correction, typo: its striking BA.2 wave
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 10, 2022
Kim Jong Un suffered a "fever" during the Covid outbreak in North Korea, his sister reveals, blaming Seoul.
Pyongyang refers to "fever patients" rather than "Covid patients".
Kim has declared a "shining victory" over Covid in North Koreahttps://t.co/DJCYgoGu8P pic.twitter.com/I8NpR5Xkam
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 11, 2022
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Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last month it was hopeful South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen Pharmacare would get orders for its own brand COVID vaccine. However, it has not received any orders to date https://t.co/VXjmrJ4XOD pic.twitter.com/rnLOMaaooM
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 11, 2022
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In the past week, there's been a flurry of new, informative reports on #LongCovid. I've tried to summarize them here along with the implicationshttps://t.co/IEMD9R3LtU
(PS you can subscribe, it's free)— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 12, 2022
Scientists in Germany have identified an effective combination of therapies for #Covid that may reduce the formation of novel variants https://t.co/DbkqUtd72e pic.twitter.com/sX6Lyhz9ia
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) August 8, 2022
—I'd like a little postcard-sized system that would rapidly and accurately detect a Covid infection, which strain of virus, and my level of immunity, all from my saliva
—No problem, we've got onehttps://t.co/KmVrlJoFab @natBME @wyssinstitute @DonIngber @MIT pic.twitter.com/wgywLhWQcR— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 8, 2022
Consumer news for technophiles (with a spare $188 or so):
Very professional review of the LG Puricare from @ashri_k. The Puricare is honestly marketed- no N95 claims. I own one and in my opinion it's a viable option for people who truly have problems tolerating disposable or elastomeric N95 masks to the point where they cannot wear one. https://t.co/g6acAkn6iY
— Naomi Wu 机械妖姬 (@RealSexyCyborg) August 11, 2022
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From a long thread, on a *recent* (Feb. 22) observational study here in Massachusetts:
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On 8/11 Mainland China reported 648 new domestic confirmed (11 previously asymptomatic), 1,203 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 22 new domestic confirmed (7 previously asymptomatic) & 14 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed cases & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 178 active domestic confirmed & 54 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. 2 domestic confirmed & 29 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 78 active domestic confirmed & 647 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 595 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 614 new domestic asymptomatic) cases. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2,721 active domestic confirmed & 2,255 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Hunan Province reported 4 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Huaihua) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (4 at Loudi & 1 at Changsha) & 6 active domestic asymptomatic (5 at Huaihua & & 1 at Hengyang) cases in the province. 4 sites at Loudi are currently at High Risk, & 10 at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 6 new domestic asymptomatic (1 at Qianjiang & 5 at Shiyan) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Qianjiang) & 41 active domestic asymptomatic (43 at Qianjiang & 8 at Shiyan) cases in the city. 1 site at Qianjiang is currently at High Risk, & 3 are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 9 new domestic confirmed & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 4 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 121 active domestic confirmed & 45 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Gansu Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 23 domestic confirmed & 222 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 301 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.
Shaanxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases, both at Xi’an, both coming from elsewhere & tested positive upon arrival. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (1 each at Xi’an & Hanzhong) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Xi’an) cases in the province.
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 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 453 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 16 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 1,475 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Heze in Shandong Province 4 domestic confirmed & 52 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 269 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 57 sites at Heze are currently at Medium Risk.
Shijiazhuang at Hebei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 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 confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 1 domestic confirmed & 31 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 346 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 16 active domestic asymptomatic (7 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 did not report any new domestic positive cases. 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.
Shanghai Municipality 2 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 5 are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 2 via community screening (1 each at Minhang & Xuhui Districts) . 3 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently is 3 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases.
At Anhui Province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 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 60 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Jinhua) cases, all traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine. 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 at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (all at Xiamen) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 30 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 11 new domestic asymptomatic (9 at Yichun & 1 each at Ji’an & Yingtan) cases. The cases at Yichun & Yingtan are all traced close contact under centralized quarantine. The case at Ji’an is a recent arrival from elsewhere. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Yingtan) & 34 active domestic asymptomatic (28 at Yichun, 5 at Yingtan & 1 at Ji’an) cases in the province. 1 site at Yichun is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 1 new asymptomatic (at Suining) cases, the new domestic positive case is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 20 domestic confirmed & 13 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 Shapingba Districts) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (1 at Fengdu County) cases, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine & 1 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed & 22 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 (previously asymptomatic) case. There currently are 3 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 7 new domestic confirmed (both at Shigatse) & 20 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, 3 at 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 reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Dêqên County in Diqing Prefecture) case, a traced close contact of domestic positive cases in Tibet. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 16 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 8/11, Mainland China reported 56 new imported confirmed cases (18 previously asymptomatic), 102 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 113 confirmed cases recovered (53 imported), 451 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (62 imported) & 29 were reclassified as confirmed cases (18 imported), & 9,066 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 4,062 active confirmed cases in the country (636 imported), 7 in serious/critical condition (2 imported), 7,088 active asymptomatic cases (714 imported), 0 suspect cases. 148,648 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/11, 3,427.246M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 308K 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 8/11 Hong Kong added 4,439 new positive cases, 217 imported & 4,222 domestic (1,263 via RT-PCR & 2,959 from rapid antigen tests), 4 new deaths (1 unvaccinated).
On 8/11, Taiwan added 21,989 new positive cases, 228 imported & 21,761 domestic (including 89 moderate or serious). There were 31 new deaths (ages ranging from 30+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., 30 w/ underlying conditions, 8 fully vaccinated & boosted).
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
60 new cases for 8/9/22
110 new cases for 8/10/22
137 new cases for 8/11/22
(PCR tests only)
Those weekend numbers make it look like we’ve turned the corner with COVID, and then the weekday numbers come in and we’re back to triple digits.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 4,831 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,724,225 cases. It also reported 10 deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 36,066 deaths – 0.76% of the cumulative reported total, 0.77% of resolved cases.
57,838 Covid-19 tests were conducted on 8th August, with a positivity rate of 9.3%.
There were 46,081 active cases yesterday, 1,459 more than the day before. 1,584 were in hospital. 60 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 40 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 3,362 more patients recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,642,078 patients recovered – 98.3% of the cumulative reported total.
4,825 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Six new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 8,094 doses of vaccine on 11th August: 463 first doses, 1,325 second doses, 1,259 first booster doses, and 5,047 second booster doses. The cumulative total is 72,157,383 doses administered: 28,080,905 first doses, 27,470,220 second doses, 16,199,021 first booster doses, and 407,237 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.
Another Scott
Wen’s OpEd at WaPo is more of the same for her. She’s made the same arguments for a long time – many months. Very early on in the pandemic she seemed to me to be reasonable, but then something apparently flipped with her and she went Leeroy Jenkins.
It’s just so hard, you see, for people to wear masks… And besides, everyone is going to get it so what’s the big deal??
(sigh)
Cheers,
Scott.
New Deal democrat
BIobot’s update as of today shows a nearly 30% decline from the BA.5 peak of COVID in wastewater, consistent with about 375,000 “real” new cases per day. Confirmed cases have similarly declined to 102,600, the lowest in 1.5 months. Hospitalizations are down a little more than 5% from their peak several weeks ago, to 43,700. Deaths remain elevated at 473.
Biobot shows all 4 Census regions declining, the South and West more than the Northeast and Midwest. The same is true with regard to confirmed cases. There are no States where cases are increasing meaningfully. Deaths are declining in the West, rising in the Northeast, and steady in the South and Midwest.
No news of note about either BA.4.6 or BA.2.75. Generally it appears that experts are not concerned about either one setting off a new U.S. wave. I continue to think South Africa, where cases fell to new 1 year lows, will be the model for the US, and there will be continued declines until either a significant new variant appears or recent high resistance wears off.
NotMax
Locally (August 10th dateline),
Another Scott
@New Deal democrat:
Around here, the biobot.io wastewater data seems to lag a lot, but it appears that Alexandria, VA may finally have seen a peak and be on the down-swing. The levels are still really high though. CovidActNow has my county back in the Green community risk level for the first time in several months (but 188 new cases per week per 100k still seem high to me).
I really need to get a haircut, but a colleague just got infected a week or so ago so… :-/
Stay safe, everyone.
Cheers,
Scott.
gvg
I think CDC’s changed guidance amounts to idiots won’t get vaccinated. Parents, its time to face the music. Vaccines for kids are available. You or your kids will get sick but might not if you get them vaccinated. Even though you probably won’t die, you will miss work if you have to stay home sick.
I think it will take awhile for this message to sink in, but it just might work. I don’t know what other options they have, since the courts didn’t stand with them.
satby
@gvg: yeah, it’s a lost cause I think. A political party weaponizing ignorance for decades, not just for this pandemic, plus the general complacency brought about by the stunning success of previous vaccinations has led to an amazingly lax approach to prevention by most people. Once it seemed to be less likely to put you in the hospital the majority of people dropped their guard and never picked it back up. And the threat of long covid is nothing to a population that routinely ignores health guidance on protecting themselves from diabetes and CPOD anyway.
Lyrebird
Thank you AL so much!
Dr. Murray links a preprint of the results in that thread you highlighted.
Dr. Wen is not convincing me of anything here other than to continue masking up:
Not everyone can get the vaccine! Oh yay, more kids have the chance to get long term disability or to know that they carried the virus that killed a wonderful paraprofessional in the classroom! I am very thankful that the vaccines reduce this risk, but it is not gone.
Soprano2
@gvg: I think the CDC is acknowledging the reality of what is happening. One of the most disruptive things for families and the parents’ jobs was the constant need for kids who had an exposure to go home and isolate even though they weren’t sick. That made it so it was almost impossible for both parents to work. I heard a story on “This American Life” about a woman who worked at a hospital and was a single mom, so she couldn’t stay home. She had cameras put throughout her house so she could watch her 12-year-old daughter when she had remote school, and she watched her almost constantly on her phone. I thought “Holy cow”!
On my monthly CamP day at work this week we went to the Health Department, and the department head talked to us, giving us a general overview of their department. She said that until Covid public health was invisible to most people, and that none of them were prepared to be thrust into the spotlight like that, let alone be in the middle of a political firestorm. I thanked her for everything their department and City Council did, and said I knew it had been hard especially in this community for them to take the actions they did. I know she and the previous department head got death threats, as did many of the people in the department. Our mask mandate lasted a lot longer than I thought it would for this relatively conservative community.
JaneE
When I was a kid, measles, mumps, and chicken pox would sweep through schools and cost kids a week to a month each. Miscarriages were more common back then too, and measles was blamed for a lot of them. Now we have vaccines and that doesn’t happen any more.
I just hope that the kids in school are vaccinated for Covid-19. Probably more hospitalizations than the old childhood diseases, but not by much. Not the good old days, but a good reflection of them.
The Moar You Know
@satby: i don’t see any recognition of this unfortunate reality among health policy makers, and maybe they shouldn’t, but yeah, this is a country that got fat and sick in the 1990s and decided that was just fine. COVID is just a cherry on the cake of illness that most Americans eat every day.
Matt McIrvin
@The Moar You Know:
It’s selectively acknowledged by people who use it as whataboutism to argue that nobody should do anything about COVID! Strangely, this is the only time they seem to care about it, kind of like the way right-wingers suddenly turn into environmentalists as an argument for keeping out immigrants, or abruptly care about homeless veterans as an argument against spending money on absolutely anything else.
Feathers
Probably just my bugbear, but I can see the effects of academization on public health. Namely, that it’s a field you decide to work in, get a master’s, and then discover if the field is a good fit or not. Historically, public heath stood somewhat in opposite to “medicine.” Now it really is a part of medicine and social services and other fields all competing for the same grant giving donors, much to its detriment.
The other issue is that the message of empowerment and educated consent, which flows out of social justice movements, has become completely non-functional when applied to entitled, wealthy people.
Feathers
@The Moar You Know: Where I’m going to agree with you is that medicine and public health basically completely ignored the actual science coming out of the studies, namely that diet and exercise has little effectiveness as a long term weight loss strategy.* Something did happen to cause this, but we won’t find out what it is until we stop seeing this through an individualistic, moral lens.
If you dig through the actual tables on X successfully caused weight loss studies, you will invariably find that there was a substantial group, perhaps even larger than the weight loss group, who gained weight. Cancer studies are required to follow protocols how studies are run and who gets dropped from a study. Obesity studies are not. All this research has just been a waste.
Fair Economist
Just furious at the Center for Disease Control becoming the Center for Uncontrolled Disease. I know 2 people who have developed chronic fatigue from infections this summer.
Matt
Wow, glad I live in a country where public health isn’t about just lying and pretending everything’s fine.
Now to read this morning’s CDC update while I take a big sip of coffee…
Kent
Yes exactly. I’m a HS teacher and I tend to agree with the CDC here. They can put out the best scientific guidance on social distancing, what kinds of masks to wear, quarantine measures, and so forth. And 95% of the country is just going to ignore it and go about their business.
In the school where I work there is a portion of the staff and students who still wear masks and a portion who don’t. I expect that will be the case for a long time.
They are basically saying. We have given you excellent vaccines and they are widely available as are boosters. It is up to you to use them. We aren’t China. We can’t lock down the society forever.
YY_Sima Qian
On 8/12 Mainland China reported 646 new domestic confirmed (16 previously asymptomatic), 1,359 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 12 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed cases & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 189 active domestic confirmed & 60 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) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 5 domestic confirmed & 73 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 74 active domestic confirmed & 577 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 594 new domestic confirmed (5 previously asymptomatic) & 832 new domestic asymptomatic) cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 2,721 active domestic confirmed & 2,255 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.
Hunan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (4 at Loudi & 1 at Changsha) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Huaihua) cases in the province. 4 sites at Loudi are currently at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 9 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Shiyan) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Qianjiang) & 60 active domestic asymptomatic (43 at Qianjiang & 17 at Shiyan) cases in the city. 1 site at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan are currently at High Risk. 3 site at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 17 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 106 active domestic confirmed & 46 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Gansu Province reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic case. 6 domestic confirmed & 172 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed & 129 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.
Shaanxi Province reported 1 domestic asymptomatic (at Baoji) case, a traced close contact of domestic positive cases elsewhere, identified while the train was passing through Baoji. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (1 each at Xi’an & Hanzhong) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Baoji & Xi’an) cases in the province. 3 sits at Hanzhong are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
At Zhongwei in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city. 1 site is currently at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both previously asymptomatic) & 384 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 11 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 1,846 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Heze in Shandong Province 1 domestic confirmed & 45 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 224 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 57 sites at Heze are currently at Medium Risk.
At Shijiazhuang at Hebei Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 new domestic confirmed & 33 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Henan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 18 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 328 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Jilin Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 15 active domestic asymptomatic (7 at Yushu in Changchun, 4 at Jilin City, 3 at Changchun, & 1 at Meihekou) cases in the province. 2 sites at Jilin City are currently at High Risk, & 5 at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 1 site is currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
At Tianjin Municipality 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The city is no longer reporting the number of active domestic positive cases.
Shanghai Municipality 1 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently is 4 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 7 sits are currently at High Risk, & 6 at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Taihe County in Fuyang) case, a person that came from Lhasa in Tibet on 8/11 & tested positive upon arrival. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Suzhou & Haozhou, & 1 at Fuyang) cases in the province. 1 site at Haozhou is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Nanjing) case, a person coming from out of province on 8/10 & testing positive on 8/12. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed case remaining in the province. 1 site at Nanjing is currently is at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 7 new domestic confirmed (5 previously asymptomatic, all at Jinhua) & 37 new domestic asymptomatic (36 at Jinhua & 1 at Jiaxing) cases. 37 of the new domestic positive cases at Jinhua are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. The case at Jiaxing came from elsewhere & under centralized quarantine. 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 at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Xiamen) cases, both traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 32 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. 8 sites at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 9 new domestic confirmed (8 at Guixi in Yingtan & 1 at Fengcheng in Yichun) 28 new domestic asymptomatic (21 at Yingtan & 7 at Yichun) cases. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed (8 at Yingtan & 1 at Yichun) & 62 active domestic asymptomatic (35 at Yichun, 26 at Yingtan & 1 at Ji’an) cases in the province. 1 site at Yichun is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (3 at Nanchong & 2 at Garzê Prefecture) & 3 new asymptomatic (2 at Suining & 1 at Nanchong) cases. The cases at Nanchong came from Tibet & tested positive upon arrival. The cases at Garzê Prefecture are traced close contacts of domestic positive cases in Tibet & under centralized quarantine. The cases at Suining are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 19 domestic confirmed & 18 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 4 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 each at Bishan District, Jiulongpo District, Shapingba District, & Wuxi County) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Shapingba District & 1 at Jiulongpo District) cases, 4 of the new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 2 via screening of residents i areas at elevated risk. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 24 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 sites is currently at High Risk, & 12 are currently at Medium Risk.
Zunyi in Guizhou Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site at Zunyi is currently at Medium Risk.
Qinghai Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 each at Haixi & Hainan Prefectures) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Haixi Prefecture) cases, all persons coming from Tibet & tested positive upon arrival.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 3 at Shigatse & 1 Lhasa) & 28 new domestic asymptomatic (12 at Shigatse, 7 at Ngari Prefecture, 6 at Nyingchi Prefecture, & 3 at Chamdo Prefecture) cases. 10 of the cases at Shigatse are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 5 via community screening. The cases at Chamdo are recent arrivals from elsewhere in Tibet & tested positive upon arrival. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed (5 at Lhasa, 11 at Shigatse, 2 at Nyingchi, & 1 at Lhoka) & 134 active domestic asymptomatic cases (40 at Lhasa, 43 at Shigatse, 32 at Ngari Prefecture, 9 at Nyingchi, 7 at Lhoka, & 3 at Chamdo Prefecture) cases. 14 sites at Shigatse, 3 at Nyingchi, 3 at Lhoka, & 6 at Lhasa is currently at High Risk. 40 sites at Lhasa, 14 at Ngari Prefecture, 12 at Nyingchi, 6 at Shigatse, 5 at Lhoka, 5 at Chamdo, & 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 1 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 8/12, Mainland China reported 58 new imported confirmed cases (11 previously asymptomatic), 81 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 98 confirmed cases recovered (46 imported), 437 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (75 imported) & 27 were reclassified as confirmed cases (11 imported), & 12,220 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 4,668 active confirmed cases in the country (648 imported), 8 in serious/critical condition (2 imported), 8,064 active asymptomatic cases (709 imported), 0 suspect cases. 156,356 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/12, 3,427.546M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 318K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 8/12 Hong Kong added 5,308 new positive cases, 160 imported & 5,148 domestic (1,839 via RT-PCR & 3,309 from rapid antigen tests), 3 new deaths (85 – 91 y.o., 1 unvaccinated & 1 double boosted).
On 8/12, Taiwan added 21,289 new positive cases, 233 imported & 21,056 domestic (including 89 moderate or serious). There were 40 new deaths (ages ranging from 30+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., 30 w/ underlying conditions, 8 fully vaccinated & boosted).
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On 8/13 Mainland China reported 638 new domestic confirmed (31 previously asymptomatic), 1,844 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 14 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 201 active domestic confirmed & 58 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) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 8 domestic confirmed & 39 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 67 active domestic confirmed & 539 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 494 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic) & 846 new domestic asymptomatic) cases. 11 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3,796 active domestic confirmed & 3,923 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.
At Hunan Province there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (4 at Loudi & 1 at Changsha) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Huaihua) cases in the province. 4 sites at Loudi are currently at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Shiyan, 2 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 2 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed (3 at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan) & 63 active domestic asymptomatic (43 at Qianjiang & 20 at Shiyan) cases in the city. 1 site at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan are currently at High Risk. 3 site at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 6 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 8 domestic confirmed & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 104 active domestic confirmed & 42 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Gansu Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case. 6 domestic confirmed & 33 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 96 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.
Shaanxi Province reported 1 domestic confirmed (at Xi’an) case, a person coming from out of province & testing positive upon arrival. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed (2 at Xi’an & 1 at Hanzhong) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Baoji & Xi’an) cases in the province. 11 sites at Hanzhong are currently at Medium Risk.
At Zhongwei in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city. 1 site is currently at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both previously asymptomatic) & 396 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 9 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 2,285 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Heze in Shandong Province 2 domestic confirmed & 28 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 196 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 57 sites at Heze are currently at Medium Risk.
Hebei Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Huailai County in Zhangjiakou) cases, all persons coming from Ürumqi in Xinjiang on 8/12 & tested positive upon arrival. There currently are 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Shijiazhuang) & 33 active domestic asymptomatic (33 at Shijiazhuang & 3 at Zhangjiakou) cases in the province. 2 sites Shijiazhuang & 3 at Zhangjiakou are currently at High Risk. 3 sites at Zhangjiakou are currently at Medium Risk.
At Henan Province 14 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 314 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Jilin Province there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 15 active domestic asymptomatic (7 at Yushu in Changchun, 4 at Jilin City, 3 at Changchun, & 1 at Meihekou) cases in the province. 4 sites at Jilin City are currently at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 1 site is currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
At Tianjin Municipality 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. The city is no longer reporting the number of active domestic positive cases.
Shanghai Municipality 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 2 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. 7 sites are currently at High Risk, & 8 at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic asymptomatic (2 at Suzhou & 1 at Fuyang) cases in the province. 1 site at Haozhou is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed case remaining in the province. 1 site at Nanjing is currently is at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 24 new domestic confirmed (21 previously asymptomatic, 20 at Jinhua & 2 each at Jiaxing & Wenzhou) & 42 new domestic asymptomatic (36 at Jinhua & 6 at Wenzhou) cases. 20 of the new domestic positive cases at Jinhua were previously asymptomatic, 30 are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine & 6 via community screening. All of the cases at Wenzhou arrived fro Lhasa in Tibet on 8/12 & tested positive upon arrival or while under centralized quarantine. 1 of the cases at Jiaxing was previously asymptomatic, & the other came from elsewhere & under centralized quarantine. 17 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. 8 sites at Jinhua are currently at High Risk, & 9 at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (all at Xiamen) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Putian) cases. 2 of the cases at Xiamen are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, & 1 via community screening. The case at Putian came from Lhasa in Tibet on 8/12 (via Chongqing). 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 34 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. 11 sites at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (9 at Yingtan & 1 at Fengcheng in Yichun) & 39 new domestic asymptomatic (31 at Yingtan & 4 each at Fengcheng in Yichun & Yushan County in Shangrao) cases. 2 of the cases at Shangrao came from elsewhere & the other 2 are traced close contacts. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed (19 at Yingtan & 2 at Yichun) & 101 active domestic asymptomatic (57 at Yingtan, 39 at Yichun, 4 at Shangrao, & 1 at Ji’an) cases in the province. 7 sites at Yingtan, 3 at Shangrao, & 1 at Yichun are currently at High Risk. 12 sites at Yingtan, 1 at Shangrao, & 1 at Yichun are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 at Chengdu & 1 at Garzê Prefecture) & 1 new asymptomatic (at Chengdu) cases. 3 of the cases at Chengdu came from Tibet & tested positive upon arrival & 1 is a traced close contact of imported positive case & under centralized quarantine. The case at Garzê Prefecture came from Tibet & tested positive upon arrival. 25 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 3 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 2 at Jiulongpo District, & 1 at Shapingba District) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Jiulongpo District) cases, all of the new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 28 active domestic confirmed & 24 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 6 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Zunyi in Guizhou Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site at Zunyi is currently at Medium Risk.
Qinghai Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (Haixi Prefecture) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Haixi Prefecture & 1 at Haidong) cases. 3 of the cases at Haixi Prefecture are persons coming from Lhasa in Tibet & tested positive upon arrival, & 1 is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. The case at Haidong is a person coming from Golmud on 8/10 & under centralized quarantine since 8/11 There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed (2 at Haixi Prefecture & 1 at Hainan Prefecture) & 7 active domestic asymptomatic (7 at Haixi Prefecture & 1 at Haidong) cases in the region.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 59 new domestic confirmed & 443 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 83 active domestic confirmed & 495 active domestic asymptomatic cases. The region is not breaking the counts of active domestic positive cases by administrative region.
Yunnan Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 10 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 8/13, Mainland China reported 61 new imported confirmed cases (4 previously asymptomatic), 76 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 120 confirmed cases recovered (57 imported), 230 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (65 imported) & 35 were reclassified as confirmed cases (4 imported), & 9,685 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 5,232 active confirmed cases in the country (652 imported), 8 in serious/critical condition (2 imported), 9,719 active asymptomatic cases (716 imported), 0 suspect cases. 173,999 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/13, 3,427.788M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 242K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 8/13 Hong Kong added 4,979 new positive cases, 215 imported & 4,764 domestic (1,534 via RT-PCR & 3,230 from rapid antigen tests), 3 new deaths (80 – 89 y.o., 2 unvaccinated & 1 boosted).
On 8/13, Taiwan added 21,082 new positive cases, 290 imported & 20,802 domestic (including 105 moderate or serious). There were 22 new deaths (ages ranging from40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death ranging form 6/3 to 8/11, 21 w/ underlying conditions, 5 fully vaccinated & boosted).
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On 8/14 Mainland China reported 692 new domestic confirmed (48 previously asymptomatic), 1,620 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 12 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 210 active domestic confirmed & 56 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 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 9 domestic confirmed & 55 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 658 active domestic confirmed & 487 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Hainan Province reported 582 new domestic confirmed (13 previously asymptomatic) & 580 new domestic asymptomatic) cases. 3 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 4,374 active domestic confirmed & 4,487 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.
At Hunan Province there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (4 at Loudi & 1 at Changsha) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Huaihua) cases in the province. 4 sites at Loudi are currently at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 10 new domestic asymptomatic (5 each at Shiyan) cases. The cases at Shiyan are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine. The cases at Wuhan recently came from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed (3 at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan) & 73 active domestic asymptomatic (43 at Qianjiang, 25 at Shiyan, & 5 at Wuhan) cases in the city. 1 site at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan are currently at High Risk. 3 site at Qianjiang & 1 at Shiyan are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 9 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 6 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 100 active domestic confirmed & 48 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Gansu Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 25 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 71 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.
Shaanxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Hanzhong) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Xi’an) cases. The case at Hanzhong is a traced close contact of domestic positive cases elsewhere & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 2 of the cases at Xi’an are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 is a traced close contact of domestic positive cases elsewhere & tested positive upon arrival. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (2 at each Xi’an & Hanzhong) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (4 at Xi’an & 1 at Baoji) cases in the province. 3 sites at Hanzhong are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
At Zhongwei in Ningxia “Autonomous” Region the domestic asymptomatic case recovered. All areas in the city are now at Low Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 383 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 59 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 2,285 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
At Heze in Shandong Province 3 domestic confirmed & 36 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 160 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 57 sites at Heze are currently at Medium Risk.
Hebei Province reported 4 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Huailai County in Zhangjiakou) cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Shijiazhuang) & 40 active domestic asymptomatic (37 at Shijiazhuang & 3 at Zhangjiakou) cases in the province. 3 sites at Zhangjiakou are currently at High Risk. 3 sites at Zhangjiakou & 2 at Shijiazhuang are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 36 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 279 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Jilin Province there currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 15 active domestic asymptomatic (7 at Yushu in Changchun, 4 at Jilin City, 3 at Changchun, & 1 at Meihekou) cases in the province. 4 sites at Jilin City are currently at Medium Risk.
At Beijing Municipality 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 1 site is currently at Medium Risk.
At Tianjin Municipality 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. The currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 17 domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Shanghai Municipality 1 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 5 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 coming from Tibet & tested positive during at home monitoring period. 1 domestic confirmed case 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. 8 sites are currently at High Risk, & 9 at Medium Risk.
At Anhui Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Suzhou & Fuyang) cases in the province. 1 site at Haozhou is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Nanjing) cases. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed (all at Nanjing) cases remaining in the province. 1 site at Nanjing is currently is at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (6 previously asymptomatic, 7 at Jinhua & 1 at Ningbo) & 28 new domestic asymptomatic (27 at Jinhua & 1 at Wenzhou) cases, all of the new domestic positive cases are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed & 27 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. 8 sites at Jinhua are currently at High Risk, & 9 at Medium Risk.
Fujian Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (all at Xiamen) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Putian) cases. The cases at Xiamen were found via community screening. The case at Putian is a traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 6 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 34 active domestic confirmed & 7 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. 11 sites at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Fengcheng in Yichun) & 52 new domestic asymptomatic (44 at Guixi in Yingtan, 3 each at Fengcheng in Yichun & Yushan County in Shangrao, & 2 at Qingyunpu District in Nanchang) cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 22 active domestic confirmed (19 at Yingtan & 3 at Yichun) & 152 active domestic asymptomatic (101 at Yingtan, 41 at Yichun, 7 at Shangrao, 2 at Nanchang, & 1 at Ji’an) cases in the province. 7 sites at Yingtan, 3 at Shangrao, & 1 at Yichun are currently at High Risk. 12 sites at Yingtan, 1 at Shangrao, & 1 at Yichun are currently at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, both at Chengdu) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Chengdu & Nanchong, & 1 each at Deyang & Neijiang) cases, 5 of the new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine, & 1 came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 37 domestic confirmed & 21 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 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Jiulongpo District) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Shapingba District) cases, all are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 28 active domestic confirmed & 24 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 3 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
At Zunyi in Guizhou Province there currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 site at Zunyi is currently at Medium Risk.
Qinghai Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (1 each at Hainan, Haixi & Huangnan Prefectures) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Hainan & Huangnan Prefectures, & 1 each at Haixi & Yushu Prefectures) cases. 2 of the cases at Huangnan Prefecture arrived from Lhasa in Tibet on 8/11, & the 2 are traced close contact under centralized quarantine. The cases at Haixi Prefecture & Hainan Prefectures are persons under centralized quarantine. The case at Yushu Prefecture is a recent arrival from Tibet. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed (3 at Haixi Prefecture, 2 at Hainan Prefecture, & 1 at Huangnan Prefecture) & 12 active domestic asymptomatic (6 at Haixi Prefecture, 2 each at Hainan & Huangnan Prefectures, & each 1 at Haidong & Yushu Prefectures) cases in the region. 2 sites at Haidong & 1 at Hainan Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 2 sites at Haidong & 1 at Hainan Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 69 new domestic confirmed & 523 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 152 active domestic confirmed & 1,093 active domestic asymptomatic cases. The region is not breaking the counts of active domestic positive cases by administrative region.
Yunnan Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Heqing County in Dali) case, a person coming from Lhasa in Tibet on 8/12. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 11 active domestic asymptomatic cases there.
Imported Cases
On 8/14, Mainland China reported 78 new imported confirmed cases (11 previously asymptomatic), 88 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in Mainland China, 128 confirmed cases recovered (53 imported), 369 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (97 imported) & 59 were reclassified as confirmed cases (11 imported), & 10,344 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 5,873 active confirmed cases in the country (677 imported), 12 in serious/critical condition (2 imported), 10,999 active asymptomatic cases (696 imported), 0 suspect cases. 190,173 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 8/14, 3,427.965M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 177K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 8/14 Hong Kong added 4,979 new positive cases, 215 imported & 4,764 domestic (1,534 via RT-PCR & 3,230 from rapid antigen tests), 3 new deaths (80 – 89 y.o., 2 unvaccinated & 1 boosted).
On 8/14, Taiwan added 15,792 new positive cases, 196 imported & 15,596 domestic (including 33 moderate or serious). There were 22 new deaths (ages ranging from 50+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death ranging form 7/16 to 8/12, all w/ underlying conditions, 6 fully vaccinated & boosted).