The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had ended its COVID-19 country travel health notices as fewer countries reported enough data for accurate assessments…
CDC said on Monday “as fewer countries are testing or reporting COVID-19 cases, CDC’s ability to accurately assess the COVID-19 (travel health notice) levels for most destinations that American travelers visit is limited.”
Since April, the notices have drawn little attention since the CDC was not issuing blanket recommendations against travel for specific countries.
As recently as March, the CDC recommended against travel to about 120 countries and territories worldwide, or more than half of all destinations…
CDC said on Monday it will only post a travel health notice “for a country if a situation, such as a concerning COVID-19 variant, is identified that changes CDC travel recommendations for that country.”
Half of U.S. adults have heard little or nothing about the new #Covid boosters, according to a new survey. The latest shots, targeting #Omicron subvariants, could offer protection against a winter surge. But many people are unsure if they’re eligible https://t.co/QYom3mKGqj pic.twitter.com/UGhXVckT09
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 1, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Missouri and nine other states – mostly Republican-led – to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers in healthcare facilities that receive federal funds.
The justices turned away an appeal by the states after a lower court declined to immediately consider their claims that the vaccine rule violates federal administrative law and tramples over powers reserved for the states under the U.S. Constitution. The Democratic president’s administration issued the rule in November 2021…
The federal healthcare worker rule requires vaccination for about 10.3 million workers at 76,000 healthcare facilities including hospitals and nursing homes that accept money from the Medicare and Medicaid government health insurance programs for elderly, disabled and low-income Americans.
The Supreme Court in January concluded that Biden’s regulation fit within the power Congress conferred on the federal government to impose conditions on Medicaid and Medicare funds. It decided that ensuring that medical providers take steps to avoid transmitting a dangerous virus to their patients is consistent with the “fundamental principle of the medical profession: first, do no harm.”…
And this final pandemic piece is a distilled shot of the argument I’ve been brewing for 3 yrs. This has been soul-crushing work. We constantly forfeited the chance to do better. But that chance still exists, and we can’t afford the luxury of nihilism. 6/ https://t.co/KG8EuVcWKS
— Ed Yong is on sabbatical (@edyong209) September 30, 2022
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MASSIVE #COVID19 undercount.@WHO reported 513,955,910 cases btwn Jan1, 2020 & May6, 2022 with 6,190,349 deaths.
BUT math models show underreporting of cases ranging up to 1 in 4.7 — translates to global #pandemic of betwn 600 million & 2.4 billion cases.https://t.co/SPV86bjOxE— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 4, 2022
India's fresh #Covid19 cases fell below the 2,000-mark, the lowest in over four months.
Read all #coronavirus news and updates: https://t.co/DKH3ReFFTp pic.twitter.com/tSV3sDZGZ4
— BQ Prime (@bqprime) October 4, 2022
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*Additional negative tests are required in hospitals/nursing homes
Changes include:
🔹Previously surgical masks were required on long-distance trains/bus while FFP2 masks were only recommended
▪️Mask mandate on planes was lifted
New rules stay in effect until April 7, 2023.
— Michael Knigge (@kniggem) October 1, 2022
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#LongCovid remains a mystery, although theories are emerging. Nearly 145M people globally are believed to have experienced ~1 long Covid symptom since the pandemic's onset. Other viral infections provide perspective: post-polio syndrome is an early example https://t.co/9heRyrOs1C pic.twitter.com/iptKpKkxc0
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 2, 2022
Can #Covid nasal vaccines change the course of the pandemic? Many experts favor nasal vaccines because they will likely block transmission. But while blocking transmission is a noble goal, there's not enough evidence confirming mucosal vaccines can do that https://t.co/gCXo8VtOim pic.twitter.com/4h926TRUig
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 2, 2022
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Moderna Inc has refused to hand over to China the core intellectual property behind the development of its COVID-19 vaccine, leading to a collapse in negotiations on its sale there, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company turned down China’s request to hand over the recipe for its mRNA vaccine because of commercial and safety concerns, the newspaper said, citing people involved in negotiations that took place between 2020 and 2021, adding that the vaccine maker is still “eager” to sell the product to China.
The company had “given up” on its previous efforts to access the Chinese market because of China’s demand that it hand over the technology as a prerequisite for selling in the country, the report said…
China has not approved any foreign COVID-19 vaccines and relies on several domestically developed shots…
Yes, there are breakthrough infections in #COVID19 patients taking #Paxlovid. But it seems when taken early in infection, the drug reduces severity of illness, and cuts hospitalization rates two-fold. https://t.co/bRVtfXNXhs
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 3, 2022
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Halo! please find the unroll here: https://t.co/7gvvEndAo3 Have a good day. 🤖
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) October 3, 2022
Careful, painstaking work, sensitive to statistical inference problems, shows that, during COVID19 pandemic, the excess death rate for Republicans was 5.4 percentage points, or 76%, higher than for Democrats. The gap was exclusively in the post-vaccine period (10.4 pp or 153%). https://t.co/EtSwZJkt0l
— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) October 3, 2022
Ways to get the updated covid booster in NYC:
* Your usual doc (call to check)
* Pharmacies etc. Search here: https://t.co/9GT3eOSdpx
* Public hospitals, via walk-in or appt: https://t.co/QHk1AT88DL
* Via home visit (for 65+ or homebound). To sign up: https://t.co/5QUbSDlXF1
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) October 3, 2022
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NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
125 new cases on 9/30/22.
123 new cases on 10/01/22.
110 new cases on 10/02/22.
98 new cases on 10/03/22.
Deaths now at 2021, up 10 from last week. We don’t seem to be getting a handle on this at all.
Baud
Here are states.
I believe Kansas has a Dem governor, but the AG is almost certainly a Republican.
Baud
@Baud:
Oops. Here’s the correct quote.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 1,244 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,845,109 cases. It also reported five deaths, for an adjusted cumulative total of 36,380 deaths – 0.75% of the cumulative reported total, 0.75% of resolved cases.
17,401 Covid-19 tests were conducted on 1st October, with a positivity rate of 6.4%.
There were 23,331 active cases yesterday, 788 fewer than the day before. 968 were in hospital. 46 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 25 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 2,005 more patients recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,785,398 patients recovered – 98.8% of the cumulative reported total.
1,240 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Four new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 896 doses of vaccine on 3rd October: 77 first doses, 99 second doses, 336 first booster doses, and 384 second booster doses. The cumulative total is 72,358,317 doses administered: 28,103,056 first doses, 27,510,584 second doses, 16,238,342 first booster doses, and 506,335 second booster doses. 86.1% of the population have received their first dose, 84.2% their second dose, 49.7% their first booster dose, and 1.6% their second booster dose.
Mousebumples
Good morning! My husband and I are boosted, the 3 year old has had both of her Moderna shots, and the 6 mo old gets his 2nd Moderna in 2 weeks. (just in time to be fully vaxxed by Halloween)
Under 5 anecdote – my sister and her husband caught Covid for the first time, just as the bivalent boosters were being approved. (they had mRNA + the first booster). Their kids (3 & 1) had been fully vaxxed as of about the same day my sister tested positive. One of the kids got infected (coldlike symptoms) but the other avoided it, as best she can tell.
My family has still (this far) avoided getting Covid, but I may become slightly less militant over not taking the baby who can’t mask out in public once he gets both his shots. We’ll see…
Princess
I can’t stand Laurie Garrett and I don’t trust her. She overblows every story she reports
In other news, I got my bivalent booster yesterday. Moderna this time instead of Pfizer. I thought my 5G reception could stand a little improvement. So far, just a sore arm.
NotMax
Surge in Japan is troubling. Have seen recent reporting of an increase of 200,000 in cases reported over a 24 hour period.
JMG
Got my booster (and flu shot) a week ago today. Had no ill effects. Stress levels down.
NeenerNeener
Somebody on Twitter claims that their 28 year old neighbor just had a stroke and died. She’d had COVID 3 times, the third time just recently, and refused to be vaxxed.
YY_Sima Qian
On 10/3 Mainland China reported 250 new domestic confirmed (23 previously asymptomatic), 626 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 27 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 10 at Guangzhou, 7 at Shenzhen, 4 at Zhaoqing, 2 each at Foshan & Huizhou, & 1 each at Qingyuan & Shaoguan) & 16 new domestic asymptomatic (7 at Guangzhou, 4 at Shenzhen, 2 at Dongguan, & each 1 at Huizhou, Shantou & Zhaoqing) cases. 9 of the case at Shenzhen are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine, 1 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure, & a person from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 15 of the cases at Guangzhou are persons under home/centralized quarantine,. The cases at Dongguan, Shantou & Zhaoqing came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 1 of the cases at Foshan is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine & the other came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 1 of the cases at Huizhou is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine & 2 via community screening. The cases at Dongguan came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. The case at Shaoguan was previously asymptomatic. 4 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 164 active domestic confirmed & 100 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. 65 sites at Shenzhen, 2 each at Dongguan & Huizhou, & 1 at Shaoguan are currently at High Risk. 63 sites at Shenzhen, 6 at Huizhou, 2 at Dongguan, & 1 at Shaoguan are currently at Medium Risk.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic (4 at Chongzuo & 1 at Tieshangang District in Beihai) cases. 9 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 97 active domestic asymptomatic (37 at Chongzuo, 29 at Fangchenggang, 18 at Baise, 7 at Nanning, 2 each at Guilin & Liuzhou, & 1 each at Hechi & Beihai) cases in the region. 2 sites at Fangchenggang are currently at Medium Risk.
Hainan Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (both at Sanya) cases, a person from out of province & tested positive during at home health monitoring, the other is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 55 domestic confirmed & 89 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases.
Hunan Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic, 3 at Hengyang & 1 each at Cenzhou, Loudi & Yiyang) & 3 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Changsha & 1 at Yueyang) cases, all but 1 of the new domestic positive cases are from out of province, & via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure (at Changsha). 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed & 16 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. 3 sites at Yiyang are currently at High Risk. 5 sites at Yiyang & 1 at Changsha at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 9 new domestic asymptomatic (4 at Jingzhou, 3 at Xiaogan & 2 at Wuhan) cases. The cases at Jingzhou are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The cases at Wuhan & Xiaogan came from Xinjiang & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 15 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Wuhan) & 47 active domestic asymptomatic (22 at Wuhan, 14 at Jingzhou, 3 at Xiaogan, 2 each at Jingmen, Suizhou & Xiangyang, & 1 each at Ezhou & Qianjiang) cases in the city. 2 sites at Wuhan are currently at High Risk, & 7 at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 151 new domestic confirmed (7 previously asymptomatic, 144 at Hohhot, 3 at Baotou, & 1 each at Linxi County in Chifeng, Dongsheng District in Erdos, Haibowan District in Wuhai & Erenhot in Xilingol Prefecture) cases & 226 new domestic asymptomatic (225 at Hohhot & 1 at Ar Horqin Banner in Chifeng) cases. 3 domestic confirmed & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 286 active domestic confirmed (265 at Hohhot, 10 at Chifeng, 6 at Baotou, 3 at Erdos, & 1 each at Wuhai & Xilingol Prefecture) & 263 active domestic asymptomatic (248 at Hohhot, 10 at Chifeng, 3 at Bayan Nur, & 1 each at Hulun Buir & Xilingol Banner) cases in the region. 79 sites at Hohhot, 5 at Hulun Buir, & 1 each at Chifeng & Erdos are currently at High Risk. 78 sites at Hohhot, 2 each at Baotou, Chifeng, Erdos & Xilingol Banner, & 1 each at Bayan Nur & Hulun Buir are currently at Medium Risk.
Gansu Province reported 14 new domestic asymptomatic (6 at Heshui County in Qingyang, 5 at Lanzhou, 2 at Kongdong District in Pingliang, & 1 at Baiyin District in Baiyin) cases, 13 from out of province & tested positive upon arrival & 1 during at home health monitoring after centralized quarantine. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 46 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. 5 sites at Baiyin are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
Shanxi Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (all at Taiyuan) & 12 new domestic asymptomatic (6 at Shuocheng District in Shuozhou, 4 at Taiyuan, & 1 each at Taigu District in Jinzhong & Houma in Linfeng) cases. The case at Shuozhou are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. There currently are 30 active domestic confirmed (19 at Taiyuan, 6 at Lüliang, 3 at Datong, & 1 each at Jinzhong & Shuozhou) & 29 active domestic asymptomatic (13 at Taiyuan, 8 at Shuozhou, 6 at Datong, & 1 each at Jinzhong & Linfeng) case in the province. 6 sites at Datong, 3 at Taiyuan, & 1 at Shuozhou are currently at High Risk. 6 sites each at Shuozhou & Taiyuan, 4 at Datong, & 3 at Lüliang are currently at Medium Risk.
Shaanxi Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 each at Xianyang & Yan’an) & 14 new domestic asymptomatic (6 at Xi’an, 3 each Baoji & Shangluo, & 2 at Xianyang) cases. The cases at Xi’an are persons under centralized quarantine. 1 of the cases at Xianyang was previously asymptomatic, & the other 2 came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. The case at Baoji & Yan’an came from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival or tested positive upon arrival. 1 of the cases at Shangluo is a person under centralized quarantine, 1 via regular screening of pandemic workers living in “closed loops”, & 1 via community screening. 14 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 134 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 outbreaks at the same time. 2 sites each at Xi’an & Shangluo, & 1 at Xianyang are currently at High Risk. 9 sites at Shangluo, 7 at Xianyang & 6 at Xi’an are currently at Medium Risk.
Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 67 new domestic asymptomatic (56 at Zhongwei, 9 at Wuzhong, & 2 at Yinchuan) cases, all persons under quarantine or movement control. 3 domestic confirmed & 180 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 30 active domestic confirmed & 1,405 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 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. 164 sites at Zhongwei & 21 at Wuzhong are currently at High Risk. 45 sites at Zhongwei, 14 at Wuzhong, & 13 at Guyuan are currently at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 38 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 18 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 285 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province no longer separates recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases at the different jurisdictions, due to the simultaneous outbreaks in different locations.
Shandong Province reported 6 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Heze, 2 at Dongying, & 1 at Linyi) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 13 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 22 active domestic confirmed (13 at Qingdao, 5 at Jinan, 3 at Dongying, & 1 at Dezhou) & 94 domestic asymptomatic (34 at Jining, 20 at Qingdao, 18 at Heze, 13 at Dongying, 3 at Linyi, & 1 each at Dezhou, Jinan, Liaocheng & Zaozhuang) cases in the province. 4 sites at Dongying, 3 at Qingdao, 2 at Jinan, & 1 at Jining are currently at High Risk. 6 sites at Jinan, 5 at Jining, 3 at Dongying, & 1 at Qingdao are currently at High Risk.
Hebei Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Sanhe in Langfang) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Qinhuangdao & Zhangjiakou, & 1 each at Haixing County in Cangzhou & Xianghe County in Langfang) cases. The cases at Cangzhou & Qinhuangdao are persons from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 1 of the cases at Langfang is a person from out of province & tested positive upon arrival, & the other via regular screening of person living in “closed loops”. 1 of the cases at Zhangjiakou is a person from out of province & tested positive upon arrival, & the other is a person under centralized quarantine. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 4 domestic confirmed & 55 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 outbreaks at the same time. 1 site each at Baoding & Zhangjiakou are currently at High Risk. 7 sites at Zhangjiakou, 2 at Langfang, & 1 each at Baoding & Shijiazhuang are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both persons transferred from out of province at unspecified locations) & 12 new domestic asymptomatic (7 at Ruzhou in Pingdingshan & 2 at Luoyang, & 3 persons transferred from out of province at unspecified locations) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 10 active domestic confirmed & 94 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province no longer separates 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 Pingdingshan are currently at High Risk.
Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Chaoyang) case, a person under centralized quarantine. 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed & 13 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 Changchun in Jilin Province 5 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Heilongjiang Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 each at Xianfang District in Harbin & Aihui District in Heihe) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Heihe & 1 at Xiangfang District in Harbin) cases. 1 of the cases at Heihe was previously asymptomatic, & the new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine. The cases at Harbin came from out of province. 11 domestic confirmed & 170 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 110 active domestic confirmed (74 at Jiamusi, 33 at Harbin, 2 at Heihe, & 1 each at Greater Hinggan Prefecture) & 1,006 active domestic asymptomatic (485 at Jiamusi, 474 at Heihe, 25 at Harbin, 10 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture, 8 at Daqing, 3 at Mudanjiang, & 1 at Qitaihe) cases in the province. 31 sites at Jiamusi, 17 at Heihe, 4 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture, & 1 at Qitaihe are currently at High Risk. 160 sites at Jiamusi, 110 at Heihe, & 2 each at Greater Hinggan Prefecture & Qitaihe, & 1 at Harbin are currently at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Daxing District) cases, the new domestic positive case is a person under centralized quarantine. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 3 sites are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 18 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed & 16 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 75 sites are currently at High Risk, & 21 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Jing’an, Putuo & Songjiang Districts) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. There currently is 2 active domestic confirmed case in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 8 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Wangjiang County in Anqing) & 5 new domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Bengbu & Hefei, & 1 at Wangjiang County in Anqing) cases, all persons coming from out of province. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 36 active domestic asymptomatic (17 at Fuyang, 4 at Wuhu, 3 at Hefei, 2 each at Chuzhou & Suzhou, & 1 each at Anqing, Bozhou & Liu’an) cases in the city. 1 site at Fuyang is currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangsu Province reported 7 new domestic confirmed (all at Nanjing) & 8 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Nanjing & 2 each at Xuzhou & 1 at Huai’an, & 1 at Suzhou) cases, all persons from out of province. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 31 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. 5 sites each at Yangzhou & Zhenjiang, 3 at Xuzhou, 2 at Nanjing & 1 at Suzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Wenzhou) & 20 new domestic asymptomatic (9 at Hangzhou, 6 at Jiaxing, 4 at Jinhua, & 1 at Taizhou) cases, 17 persons under home/centralized quarantine, & 4 from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
Fujian Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Quanzhou) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Fuzhou) cases, all from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed & 3 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.
At Jiangxi Province 8 domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 30 active domestic asymptomatic (22 at Ji’an, 4 Ganzhou, 2 at Nanchang, & 1 each at Yichun & Yingtan) cases in the province.
Sichuan Province reported 21 new domestic confirmed (9 previously asymptomatic) & 26 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 60 domestic confirmed & 57 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province had not broken down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
Chongqing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Pengshui County) & 5 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Beibei, Dazu & Hechuan Districts & Fengdu & Xiushui Counties) cases, 5 persons under centralized quarantine &1 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 4 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 12 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Guizhou Province reported 30 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 53 domestic confirmed & 210 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 420 active domestic confirmed & 1,242 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Qinghai Province 7 domestic confirmed & 62 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 31 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 2 sites at Haixi Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 3 sites at Haidong & 2 at Haixi Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 6 new domestic confirmed & 47 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine or via screening of residents under movement control. 7 domestic confirmed & 71 asymptomatic cases recovered. The region is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases.
Yunnan Province reported 14 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 11 at Sipsongpanna Prefecture 1 each at Anning in Kunming, Ruili in Dehong Prefecture & Zhenkang County in Lincang) & 27 new domestic asymptomatic (18 at Menghai County in Sipsongpanna Prefecture, 4 at Kunming, 3 at Dehong Prefecture, & 2 at Lincang) cases. 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 75 active domestic confirmed & 187 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple outbreaks at the same time. 10 sites at Sipsongpanna Prefecture & 7 at Dehong Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 12 sites at Dehong Prefecture, 8 at Kunming, 3 at Sipsongpanna Prefecture, & 1 at Honghe Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 10/3, Mainland China reported 57 new imported confirmed cases (11 previously asymptomatic), 105 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 266 confirmed cases recovered (51 imported), 1,068 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (100 imported) & 34 were reclassified as confirmed cases (11 imported), & 16,810 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,970 active confirmed cases in the country (629 imported), 20 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 9,194 active asymptomatic cases (745 imported), 0 suspect cases. 177,952 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 10/3, 3,437.085M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 67K doses in the past 24 hrs.
As of 10/3, Hong Kong reported 3,286 new positive cases, 272 imported & 3,014 domestic, & 8 new deaths.
On 10/3, Taiwan added 49,574 new positive cases, 65 imported & 49,509 domestic (including 62 moderate or serious). There were 31 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., 6 fully vaccinated & boosted).
New Deal democrat
The *relative* good news continues in the US.
Biobot updated through September 28, showing a continued decline in wastewater COVID to the lowest level in 4 months, and equivalent to about 250,000 actual cases daily. Nationwide, confirmed cases declined to 45,800, down 2/3’s from the June peak, and the lowest level since July 2021 except for this past March and early April.
Hospitalizations also continue to decline to 25,300, down almost 50% from June and the lowest since the pandemic began except for briefly during September 2020, from mid-May through mid-July 2021, and March through May of this year.
Deaths, at 423, are in the middle of their range for the past 6 months.
Regionally the South and Midwest have continued to decline, the West is flat at levels near a 6 month low, and the Northeast is flat at levels above early September, but we’ll below its June peak. There are no big outliers.
Via Eric Topol, amining global COVID levels, J Weiland identifies 5 that she calls the “Pentagon” – BQ.1.1, BN.1, XBB, BR.7, and BA.2.75.2, as well as the recent BA.4.6 – all of which have similar mutations, and which are together driving a new spike in cases, apparently mainly in Europe. A new wave is projected to begin in the US at the end of this month, rapidly rising in November to over 100,000 confirmed cases per day.
Per Dr. Eric Feigl-Deng, a study shows that the recent mutations all render treatment by the drug Elavid useless. He’s a perennial alarmist, but this is well worth keeping in mind.
All in all, we see yet another seasonal autumn lull, as the disease transitions toward endemicity. Some sort of winter wave is probably going to happen. So far it does not appear likely at all that it will be anything like last winter’s Omicron wave, as humanity has become much more resistant due to vaccinations and prior infections, as well as the most susceptible already having died.
YY_Sima Qian
Well, at least the Chinese government negotiating w/ Moderna for vaccines shows that politics/geopolitics is not yet overriding all other considerations, contra conventional wisdom. Bartering market access for technology access is standard Chinese play, but one that is not well received in recent years. Public disclosure of the breakdown of negotiations might sink prospects for future agreements, but we will have to see. I hope something can be worked out, & w/ BioNtech & Novovax, too.
YY_Sima Qian
@New Deal democrat:
But new people are entering the most susceptible pool every year, too. This will reduce life expectancy, & quality of life at end of life. It already has.
Halteclere
How can someone “shed” a vaccine?
Are these people thinking of their drunk friends that reek of alcohol after a night of partying? I can’t think of anything else that someone can take into their system and then shed it where others are affected. Maybe large quantities of plutonium
[Edit] I forgot about Fox News
Soprano2
@Princess: That’s kind of how I feel about Eric Topol. Maybe we’re just burned out at hearing alarmist things about Covid.
I looked at the Sherril tweet and the replies. What struck me the most were how many unvaxxed people on there believe they’ve never had Covid. I don’t know how anyone at this point can say they haven’t had a disease that’s extremely contagious and can have no symptoms! Shoot, I could have had it again and never known it. The ideal would be if everyone could test every day, but that will never be possible.
Soprano2
In the U.S. a large number of those people are now vaccinated against Covid, so that will help as opposed to what happened in 2020. I agree that in countries where vaccines aren’t widely available this will continue to cause unnecessary deaths.
Soprano2
@Halteclere: I thought that thing about “shedding” vaccine was a joke until I talked to a friend who knows someone who actually believes it. All of this person’s family members are vaccinated, and she is terrified she will “catch” the vaccine from them! *rolleyes* Hard to believe people are so stupid, and yet…..
New Deal democrat
@Baud: While I loathe the current Supreme Court, they actually have been pretty decent when it comes to COVID. With the exception of cases involving restrictions on religious services, if I recall correctly they have upheld all of *State* level mandates. They have also upheld federal mandates tied sufficiently closely to the military, Federal employment, and Medicare and Medicaid.
Even in the cases where they struck down the Federal vaccine mandate on all contractors, a majority indicated they would uphold a more narrowly tailored mandate. It was a notable failure of the Biden Administration that they ran up the white flag and did not pursue this.
Matt McIrvin
@Soprano2:
This is also one of the things that bothers me about all the “people who haven’t had COVID: what’s your secret?” discussions. I don’t actually know that I haven’t had COVID. It’s a fair bet that I have had it and didn’t know. I never developed obvious COVID disease.
Another Scott
@NotMax: Germany and France seem to be entering another infection wave as well.
It’s troubling to me that data seems to be getting less clear the longer this continues, but while Covid isn’t over things are still getting better. Of course, there’s usually an increase in the US in the fall (Halloween, kids being inside in school, etc.).
I’m still masking everywhere. Easy protection, especially with my J being unboostered (she apparently had reactions to the primary Pfizer shots).
Good luck, everyone.
Cheers,
Scott.
Baud
@New Deal democrat: It would be pretty hard for even this court to strike down state covid mandates given what they say the Constitution allows states to do to the uterati.
NotMax
Predictions not my forte, however extrapolating from currently reported U.S. numbers we’re on track to reach 100,000,000 confirmed cases by the end of the year.
Ought to go without saying that taking into account undiagnosed infections or those who test positive at home and thus are not included in the statistics we’ve more than likely already passed that number.
Baud
@Matt McIrvin: Same. I’ve never tested positive for covid the few times I’ve been sick or have had to test for travel purposes. I can’t say I’ve never had an asymptomatic case.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Matt McIrvin: I had cold-like symptoms when we returned from Europe last year. I tested negative before we got on the plane and again a day after we got home. Mr DAW never caught whatever I had. So did I have covid? Probably not. But who knows?
New Deal democrat
@YY_Sima Qian: “But new people are entering the most susceptible pool every year, too. This will reduce life expectancy, & quality of life at end of life.”
I agree with Soprano2 that a big difference vs. 2020 is that 2/3’s of people in the US are vaccinated, and a much larger percentage among the elderly.
Additionally, if we use a simple model where we assume an 80 year life expectancy as of the beginning of 2020, a big difference is that now only 1/80th are entering the pool of the most susceptible each year, vs. the entire population at the onset of the pandemic.
But your point is well considered by seniors, who should continue to take extra precautions, like masking indoors in public.
Matt McIrvin
@Another Scott:
It was inevitable that as vaccination became closer to universal, the effectiveness of it would appear to decrease–that’s a combination of the base-rate fallacy (for stories with “X% of victims were vaccinated” numbers), and a gradual increase of background immunity among the unvaccinated, making differences less stark. That’s before even factoring in any actual decrease in efficacy from the virus evolving immune escape. But it all feeds into antivaxxer propaganda–people pushing contrarian stories about science will seize on any uncertainty, statistical outlier or qualification as a hook, and the ethics of science require airing this stuff.
Soprano2
@Matt McIrvin: There are actually people who are known to have been exposed multiple times and didn’t get it, but that’s different from what you’re talking about. They are being studied by scientists, obviously. Did you know there is a gene some people have that prevents them from being infected with HIV? I learned that in the story about these people.
Matt McIrvin
I find it infuriating how easy it is to push antivaxxer bullshit. People who are vaccinated, like Rep. Mikie Sherrill there, will often get COVID, and they’ll often say they feel fortunate they got vaccinated and imagine, correctly, that it would likely be worse if they weren’t. Antivaxxers find this hilarious, and dogpile with little jokes about it whenever a high-profile person says this–obviously the vaccine either doesn’t work at all or actually gave them COVID, and they’re just in denial about it. All it takes is to ignore statistics and focus on individual stories, and it’s actually pretty convincing.
dmsilev
@Matt McIrvin: I’ve not had COVID (yet….). Via my employer’s surveillance-testing program, I’ve been doing PCR tests once or twice a week for a bit less than two years now, so I can state that with a reasonable degree of assurance.
We just yesterday lifted our indoor mask mandate, except for classrooms, so we’ll see how that goes.
YY_Sima Qian
@New Deal democrat: But there are the issues of repeated infections & resulting Long COVID, especially for the most vulnerable cohorts. Deaths is not the only metric. Leaving the most vulnerable to fend for themselves is pretty cruel. There is no public health reasons to remove vaccination mandates & masking mandates for indoor spaces, only political considerations.
Of course, Chinese policy is cruel for the seniors from the opposite direction, by not mandating vaccination for the most vulnerable, & by not (yet importing) more effective vaccines, ultimately for political reasons, too. That bill just has not come due, yet.
Matt McIrvin
We really need to replace the summer-2021 concept of “fully vaccinated” with “up-to-date”. Most of the US population is “fully vaccinated” by now but very few are up-to-date on those vaccinations.
Long-term it seems like we’re going to be dealing with yearly winter waves, and it’ll probably make sense to give these boosters at least annually like a flu shot, with a variant update–it seems like the CDC is moving in that direction. But the fraction of people who actually get the flu shot every year isn’t great either.
(The CDC is actually recommending getting them with the flu shot, like I did this last time, and there seems to be some friction between the COVID and flu experts there, because the flu people want people to get the flu shot a little later in the season for maximum efficacy. But I suspect it’ll all come out in the wash–it takes a while to get most people to come in for the shots anyway.)
Matt McIrvin
@New Deal democrat: I suspect the fraction of seniors who get boosted or even vaccinated is going to go down as new people enter the cohort, because right-wing political craziness has had more time to operate on them. I know a lot of Fox News geezers actually got vaccinated as soon as the vaccine became available to them, because it’s a thing they’re used to doing automatically, but months later they watched enough Tucker Carlson that they became convinced they had been poisoned and started refusing boosters.
EmbraceYourInnerCrone
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Also depends on the test you took. The rapid 15 minute tests have something like a 15% false negative rate. At home PCR tests are available but expensive and I am not sure about the accuracy on those.
The Moar You Know
I know I’m going to sound like a broken record, but people are just flat-out lying to pollsters at this point. Unless you live in a cabin in the middle of the woods with no electricity, water, or neighbors (in which case COVID is probably not a major concern anyhow) you know that there’s a vaccine, and you know there’s a booster for the latest variety.
Speaking of, got mine yesterday. Moderna bivalent. Absolutely zero post-shot unpleasantness this time, not that it has been an issue with any of the previous four shots I got.
Matt McIrvin
@The Moar You Know: It’s actually not clear to me that most people ought to know about the boosters; most people simply do not pay a lot of attention to the news at all, and it takes a lot for a story to be noticed by them. Since there have been several rounds of booster shots at this point, it may not be immediately obvious without paying deliberate attention that a story about a booster is talking about a new booster rather than one they already heard about months ago. I know it can be difficult even for me to understand those distinctions when I read press reports about scientific studies
I’ve noticed that many people who have heard of the new booster aren’t aware that almost everyone is eligible for them, because this is a different pattern from previous rounds.
gvg
@Matt McIrvin: I have heard some people are getting the shots now that refused it before. I wonder if the novelty of resisting authority has worn off. If the issue gets to be less “interesting” I think people might revert to a more normal position. It took a lot of substained propaganda to get those people to resist vaccines IMO.
There are some statistics that show some resisters are now quietly getting vaccinated. I think I read maybe 10%? Very intense republicans have a lot of tribal signaling they do to show they are members. If attention moves to something else, some of them may just get vaccinated. People who got sick, no someone who did or has it impacting employment?
gvg
I have not gotten the new booster. I originally got Phizer shots and first booster, then got some Moderna because it seemed there was a benefit to mixing. So now I am about 50/50 and I haven’t read anything to think one is better than another…I have been kind of waiting for a clue. There isn’t much info out there this time.
Matt McIrvin
@gvg: I was looking at Massachusetts state vaccination numbers and noticed that along with the jump up in booster shots when the new bivalent booster came out, there was actually also a modest increase in new first vaccinations (even though those are not using the new bivalent vaccine). The majority of people getting new shots are people who were already not just fully vaccinated but boosted… but not everyone. So the publicity has been having some effect here.
New Deal democrat
@Matt McIrvin: “Long-term it seems like we’re going to be dealing with yearly winter waves, and it’ll probably make sense to give these boosters at least annually like a flu shot, with a variant update–it seems like the CDC is moving in that direction”
100% agree.
Matt McIrvin
@gvg: My opinion is that people should get whichever one is available at the most convenient place for them to get vaccinated (unless they’re kids, in which case they have to get the Pfizer). Getting the shot is more important than picking the optimal brand of shot.
I got the Pfizer booster because I went in with my daughter, she had to get the Pfizer, and CVS locations generally only have one or the other, so we had to go to a place with Pfizer (which was also our regular pharmacy). I got the Moderna vaccine for my initial doses but Pfizer for all the boosters since then.
The biggest difference between them is that the Moderna dose is somewhat larger, but that’s not even as big a difference for the boosters than it was for the original shots.
Matt McIrvin
Locally, we’re still in a spike in wastewater counts that seems comparable to the mini-wave in the spring. It’s hard to tell whether it’s peaked or not. Similar-looking spikes happened a bit earlier in western Mass. and on the Cape and islands that were short-lived.
lowtechcyclist
@Matt McIrvin:
If you have had zero symptoms, then you weren’t sick.
Have I ever been infected with the Covid-19 virus? I don’t know. Just like I don’t know whether I’ve been infected during the past three years with any of the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
Have I had a cold during the past three years? No. If there were no symptoms, I didn’t have a cold.
Have I had a case of Covid during the past three years? No. If there were no symptoms, I didn’t have a case of Covid.
lowtechcyclist
@lowtechcyclist:
Following up, if the standard is “have you ever inhaled any quantity of the Covid-19 virus, no matter how trivial the virus load?” then probably only a few hermits* have not had Covid. But that’s meaningless.
*I’m pretty positive that Derek Leckenby never got Covid, but then he died in 1994.
VOR
@Matt McIrvin: There are some people who just cannot tolerate any ambiguity. It’s either black or white, works or doesn’t work, nothing in between. But it’s probabilities, not absolutes. A vaccine teaches your immune system how to react and improves your outcomes. It isn’t a guarantee. Some people just can’t wrap their heads around it.
Probably a lot of overlap with people who have trouble with the concept of trans people. They claim there are just two sexes – male and female. That’s it, absolute binary. But intersex people exist and are born that way. Gay people exist, heck gay penguins exist. Life isn’t always black and white, it can be shades of grey.
Bill Arnold
@Halteclere:
The guy is a homicidal grifter; he kills humans for personal financial gain. (This is true of many antivaxxers; whether they believe in their snake oil antiscience is irrelevant.)
Bill Arnold
@Matt McIrvin:
Likewise. FWIW, dose/amount of inoculum is correlated with disease severity; masking is probably correlated with decreased severity.
smith
@VOR: I agree that the people who easily fall prey to the “vaccines don’t work” message overlap greatly with those who hold absolute attitudes in other areas of life. This Manichean viewpoint is common among people with conservative, fundamentalist mindsets, so it’s no surprise that this idea is so common on the right.
StringOnAStick
We’re getting the latest booster today after trying but never finding any available appointments at the CVS site; very frustrating. The local recreation center/senior center is offering them on a walk-in basis today from 4 -7, and we’ll be first in line. I wish they were doing flu shots at the same time, but if not we’ll do that in two weeks as has been recommended.
Kayla Rudbek
I had my fourth booster yesterday and Mr. Rudbek had his third. So far I am feeling better than he is (sore arm but less nasal congestion than I have had in a while).
J R in WV
@Baud:
Hard to believe our WV AG isn’t on board with this crazed suit!
He’s a crackpot RWNJ lawyer carpetbagger with the ethics of a member of the Trump family!
Jay
@lowtechcyclist:
having Covid and being sick with Covid are 2 different things.
Asymptomatic cases have long been documented with Covid. These are people who have no symptoms, test positive, and spread Covid, but don”t come down “sick” with Covid.
Matt McIrvin
@lowtechcyclist: COVID is a little different, though, in that some apparently asymptomatic cases are probably associated with subtle circulatory-system damage. The first indication that I ever got infected might be that I suddenly have a stroke a year from now.
YY_Sima Qian
On 10/4 Mainland China reported 223 new domestic confirmed (61 previously asymptomatic), 747 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 34 new domestic confirmed (6 previously asymptomatic, 12 at Guangzhou, 11 at Shenzhen, 3 at Huizhou, 2 each at Dongguan, Foshan & Jiangmen, & 1 each at Shantou & Shaoguan) & 24 new domestic asymptomatic (10 at Shenzhen, 5 at Guangzhou, 4 at Dongguan, 3 at Huizhou, & each 1 at Foshan & Zhuhai) cases. 15 of the case at Shenzhen are traced close contacts under home/centralized quarantine, 2 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure, 1 via screening of residents in High Risk areas, & 3 via community screening. 4 of the cases at Guangzhou were previously asymptomatic & the new domestic positive cases are persons under home/centralized quarantine. The cases at Jiangmen, Shantou, Shaoguan & Zhuhai are tracked close contacts under centralized quarantine. 2 of the cases at Foshan are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & the 3rd came from out of province. 2 of the cases at Huizhou are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 4 via community screening. 2 of the cases at Dongguan were previously asymptomatic, 2 are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, & 2 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. The case at Shaoguan was previously asymptomatic. 8 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 190 active domestic confirmed & 116 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 53 sites at Shenzhen, 4 at Shaoguan, & 2 each at Dongguan & Huizhou are currently at High Risk. 63 sites at Shenzhen, 6 at Huizhou, 4 at Shaoguan, & 1 at Dongguan are currently at Medium Risk.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Fangchenggang & Jiangnan District in Nanning) cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 100 active domestic asymptomatic (37 at Chongzuo, 30 at Fangchenggang, 18 at Baise, 9 at Nanning, 2 each at Guilin & Liuzhou, & 1 each at Hechi & Beihai) cases in the region. 2 sites at Fangchenggang are currently at Medium Risk.
At Hainan Province 139 domestic confirmed & 407 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases.
Hunan Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (1 each at Jiangxi Prefecture, Yueyang, Yongzhou & Yiyang) & 10 new domestic asymptomatic (3 each at Changsha & Hengyang, 2 at Jiangxi Prefecture, & 1 each at Huaihua & Yiyang) cases, all from out of province. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 26 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 3 sites at Yiyang & 1 at Hengyang are currently at High Risk. 5 sites at Yiyang & 1 each at Changsha & Hengyang at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 18 new domestic asymptomatic (9 at Wuhan, 5 at Jingzhou, & 1 each at Huangshi, Jingmen, Xiaogan & Xiangyang) cases. 2 of the cases at Jingzhou came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival, & 2 are their traced close contacts. The cases at Wuhan, Huangshi, Jingmen, Xiangyang & Xiaogan came from Xinjiang or Inner Mongolia. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Wuhan) & 62 active domestic asymptomatic (30 at Wuhan, 19 at Jingzhou, 4 at Xiaogan, 3 at Jingmen, 2 each at Suizhou & Xiangyang, & 1 each at Ezhou & Huangshi) cases in the city. 2 sites at Wuhan are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 64 new domestic confirmed (34 previously asymptomatic, 54 at Hohhot, 6 at Baotou, & 2 each at Chifeng & Erdos) cases & 243 new domestic asymptomatic (239 at Hohhot & 4 at Chifeng) cases. 3 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 347 active domestic confirmed (319 at Hohhot, 12 at Baotou, 9 at Chifeng, 5 at Erdos, & 1 each at Wuhai & Xilingol Prefecture) & 470 active domestic asymptomatic (453 at Hohhot, 12 at Chifeng, 3 at Bayan Nur, & 1 each at Hulun Buir & Xilingol Banner) cases in the region. 79 sites at Hohhot, 5 at Hulun Buir, & 1 each at Chifeng & Erdos are currently at High Risk. 14 sites at Hohhot, 7 at Baotou, 6 at Chifeng, 2 at Erdos, & 1 each at Xilingol Banner & Hulun Buir are currently at Medium Risk.
Gansu Province reported 13 new domestic asymptomatic (6 at Lanzhou, 4 at Longnan, & 3 at Qingyang) cases, 11 from out of province & tested positive upon arrival & 2 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 55 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 5 sites at Baiyin are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
Shanxi Province reported 6 new domestic confirmed (2 each at Linfen, Xinzhou & Taiyuan) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic (4 at Linfen & 3 at Taiyuan) cases. 1 of the cases at Xinzhou is a person under centralized quarantine & the other via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. The cases at Linfen came from out of province. There currently are 36 active domestic confirmed (19 at Taiyuan, 6 at Lüliang, 3 at Datong, & 1 each at Jinzhong & Shuozhou) & 38 active domestic asymptomatic (13 at Taiyuan, 8 at Shuozhou, 6 at Datong, & 1 each at Jinzhong & Linfeng) case in the province. 5 sites at Datong, 2 at Taiyuan, & 1 at Shuozhou are currently at High Risk. 7 sites at Taiyuan, 6 at Shuozhou, 4 at Datong, & 3 at Lüliang are currently at Medium Risk.
Shaanxi Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 2 at Yan’an & 1 each at Hanzhong, Weinan & Xianyang) & 17 new domestic asymptomatic (12 at Xi’an, 3 at Baoji, & 1 each at Hancheng & Xianyang) cases. 4 of the cases at Xi’an were found via community screening, & the rest are persons under centralized quarantine or came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 1 of the cases at Xianyang was previously asymptomatic, & the other came is a person under centralized quarantine. The cases at Baoji, Hanzhong & Weinan are persons under centralized quarantine. The case at Hancheng came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 30 active domestic confirmed & 147 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 5 sites at Xi’an, 3 at Baoji, & 2 each at Shangluo & Weinan are currently at High Risk. 10 sites at Xi’an, 9 at Shangluo, 6 at Baoji, 2 at Xianyang & 1 at a Weinan are currently at Medium Risk.
Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 7 new domestic confirmed (all at Zhongwei) & 29 new domestic asymptomatic (22 at Zhongwei, 4 at Yinchuan, & 3 at Wuzhong) cases, all persons under quarantine or movement control. 8 domestic confirmed & 119 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 29 active domestic confirmed & 1,326 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 164 sites at Zhongwei & 21 at Wuzhong are currently at High Risk. 45 sites at Zhongwei & 14 at Wuzhong are currently at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 91 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 22 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 354 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Shandong Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Jinan) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic (2 each at Jining & Liaocheng, & 1 each at Heze & Yantai) cases, 6 persons under centralized quarantine & 1 from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 13 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 23 active domestic confirmed (13 at Qingdao, 6 at Jinan, 3 at Dongying, & 1 at Dezhou) & 87 domestic asymptomatic (36 at Jining, 15 at Qingdao, 11 at Heze, 13 at Dongying, 3 each at Liaocheng & Linyi, & 1 each at Dezhou, Jinan, Yantai & Zaozhuang) cases in the province. 4 sites at Dongying, 2 at Jinan, & 1 at Jining are currently at High Risk. 7 sites at Jining, 6 at Jinan, & 3 each at Dongying & Qingdao are currently at High Risk.
Hebei Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, at Xianghe County in Langfang) & 12 new domestic asymptomatic (3 each at Baoding, Qinhuangdao & Shijiazhuang, & 2 at Xianghe County in Langfang, & 1 at Anxin County in Xiong’an) cases, 7 of the new domestic positive cases are persons from out of province & 5 are persons under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 5 domestic confirmed & 66 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 1 site each at Baoding & Zhangjiakou are currently at High Risk. 7 sites at Zhangjiakou, 2 at Langfang, & 1 each at Baoding & Shijiazhuang are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, a person transferred from out of province at unspecified location) & 14 new domestic asymptomatic (5 at Ruzhou in Pingdingshan & 1 at Zhongmou County in Zhengzhou, & 8 persons transferred from out of province at unspecified locations) cases, all new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 105 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 6 sites at Pingdingshan are currently at High Risk.
Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Chaoyang) case, found via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed & 10 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 1 site at Chaoyang are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Jilin Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Tonghua County in Tonghua) case, a person under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Changchun & Tonghua) cases in the province.
Heilongjiang Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, at Aihui District in Heihe) & 5 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Harbin & 2 at Boli County in Qitaihe) cases, all new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine. 10 domestic confirmed & 99 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 101 active domestic confirmed (64 at Jiamusi, 33 at Harbin, 3 at Heihe, & 1 each at Greater Hinggan Prefecture) & 911 active domestic asymptomatic (409 at Jiamusi, 453 at Heihe, 28 at Harbin, 10 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture, 5 at Daqing, 3 each at Mudanjiang & Qitaihe) cases in the province. 19 sites at Jiamusi, 12 at Heihe, & 1 at Qitaihe are currently at High Risk. 84 sites at Jiamusi, 71 at Heihe, 4 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture, & 2 at Qitaihe are currently at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Daxing District) cases, all new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 57 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed & 21 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 67 sites are currently at High Risk, & 21 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed case in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 9 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Bengshan District in Bengbu) & 4 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Hefei & 1 each at Longzihu District in Bengbu & Jiujiang District in Wuhu) cases, all persons coming from out of province. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 39 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. All areas of the province are now at Low Risk.
Jiangsu Province reported 22 new domestic confirmed (18 at Nanjing & 2 each at Yangzhou & Xuzhou) & 18 new domestic asymptomatic (9 at Nanjing, 5 at Xuzhou, & 1 each at Huai’an, Suzhou, Taizhou & Xuzhou) cases, all persons from out of province. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 34 active domestic confirmed & 46 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 5 sites at Yangzhou, 4 at Nanjing, 3 at Xuzhou, & 1 at Suzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, at Taizhou) & 14 new domestic asymptomatic (7 at Jinhua, 5 at Hangzhou, & 1 each at Jiaxing & Shaoxing) cases, 12 of the new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine, 1 from out of province & tested positive upon arrival, & 1 via community screening. 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered.
At Fujian Province 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. 3 sites at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
At Jiangxi Province 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 25 active domestic asymptomatic (19 at Ji’an, 2 each at Ganzhou & Nanchang, & 1 each at Yichun & Yingtan) cases in the province.
Sichuan Province reported 32 new domestic confirmed (13 previously asymptomatic) & 34 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 55 domestic confirmed & 67 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered.
Chongqing Municipality reported 10 new domestic confirmed & 14 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 3 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed & 26 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Guizhou Province reported 17 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 60 domestic confirmed & 172 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 360 active domestic confirmed & 1,087 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Qinghai Province 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 28 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. 2 sites at Haixi Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 3 sites at Haidong & 2 at Haixi Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 5 new domestic confirmed & 37 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine or via screening of residents under movement control. 8 domestic confirmed & 79 asymptomatic cases recovered. The region is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases.
Yunnan Province reported 23 new domestic confirmed (19 at Sipsongpanna Prefecture, 3 at Kunming, & 1 at Yingjiang County in Dehong Prefecture) & 50 new domestic asymptomatic (40 at Sipsongpanna Prefecture, 4 at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture, & 3 at Lincang, 2 at Jianshui, & 1 at Kunming) cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 98 active domestic confirmed & 234 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. 24 sites at Sipsongpanna Prefecture & 6 at Dehong Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 11 sites at Dehong Prefecture, 8 each at Kunming & Sipsongpanna Prefecture, & 1 at Honghe Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 10/4, Mainland China reported 50 new imported confirmed cases (6 previously asymptomatic), 114 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 367 confirmed cases recovered (64 imported), 1,116 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (90 imported) & 67 were reclassified as confirmed cases (6 imported), & 21,524 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,876 active confirmed cases in the country (615 imported), 18 in serious/critical condition (all domestic), 8,872 active asymptomatic cases (763 imported), 0 suspect cases. 195,791 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 10/4, 3,437.085M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 67K doses in the past 24 hrs.
As of 10/4, Hong Kong reported 3,642 new positive cases, 324 imported & 3,318 domestic, & 10 new deaths.
On 10/4, Taiwan added 54,929 new positive cases, 55 imported & 54,874 domestic (including 220 moderate or serious). There were 48 new deaths (ages ranging from 40+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of deaths range from 6/15 – 10/2, 44 w/ underly conditions, 16 fully vaccinated & boosted).
As of 9/28, 1,303.232M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 92.44% of the total population), 1,271.408M are fully vaccinated (90.18% of the total), & 807.13M boosted (57.25% of the total). Of the > 60 y.o. cohort, 239.184M individuals have taken at least 1 shot (or 90.59% of the cohort), 227.759M are fully vaccinated (86.26% of the cohort), 177.379M boosted (68.54% of the cohort).
YY_Sima Qian
On 10/5 Mainland China reported 183 new domestic confirmed (50 previously asymptomatic), 1,004 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 37 new domestic confirmed (8 previously asymptomatic) & 27 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 226 active domestic confirmed & 134 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 9 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Guilin, 2 at Fangchenggang, & 1 each at Beihai, Hezhou, Hechi & Yuzhou) cases. 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 105 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. 2 sites at Fangchenggang are currently at Medium Risk.
Hainan Province reported 2 new confirmed (both at Haikou) cases, both came from Xinjiang & tested positive upon arrival. 65 domestic confirmed & 301 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The province is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases.
Hunan Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (1 each at Xiangxi Prefecture, Yongzhou, Yueyang & Yiyang) & 10 new domestic asymptomatic (3 each from Changsha & Hengyang, 2 at Xiangxi Prefecture, & 1 each at Huaihua & Yiyang) cases, all from out of province. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 25 active domestic confirmed & 27 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 3 sites at Yiyang & 1 at Hengyang are currently at High Risk. 5 sites at Yiyang & 1 each at Changsha & Hengyang at Medium Risk.
Hubei Province reported 46 new domestic asymptomatic (13 at Jingzhou, 11 at Wuhan, 9 at Xiantao, 6 at Jingmen, 3 at Suizhou, & 1 each at Ezhou, Tianmen, Xiangyang & Yichang) cases. 2 of the cases at Jingmen came from out of province, 6 traced close contacts & under centralized quarantine, & 5 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 8 of the cases at Wuhan are persons under centralized quarantine, 2 via community screening, & 1 came from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 1 of the cases at Xiantao came from Xinjiang & the other 8 are the case’s traced close contacts. The cases at Wuhan, Huangshi, Jingmen, Xiangyang & Xiaogan came from Xinjiang or Inner Mongolia. The cases at Jingmen, Tianmen & Xiangyang are persons under centralized quarantine. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Wuhan) & 105 active domestic asymptomatic (38 at Wuhan, 32 at Jingzhou, 9 each at Jingmen & Xiantao, 4 at Xiaogan, 5 at Suizhou, 3 at Xiangyang, 2 at Ezhou, & 1 each at Huangshi, Tianmen & Yichang) cases in the city. 2 sites at Wuhan are currently at Medium Risk.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 26 new domestic confirmed (14 previously asymptomatic, 19 at Hohhot, 3 at Erdos, & 1 each at Qingshan District in Baotou, Linxi County in Chifeng, Horqin District in Tongliao & Abag Banner in Xilingol League) cases & 445 new domestic asymptomatic (441 at Hohhot, 2 at Bayan Nur, & 1 each at Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner in Tongliao & Alxa Left Banner in Alxa League) cases. 2 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 371 active domestic confirmed (338 at Hohhot, 13 at Baotou, 8 each at Chifeng & Erdos, 2 at Xilingol Prefecture, & 1 each at Wuhai & Tongliao) & 900 active domestic asymptomatic (880 at Hohhot, 11 at Chifeng, 5 at Bayan Nur, & 1 each at Alxa League, Hulun Buir, Tongliao & Xilingol Banner) cases in the region. 79 sites at Hohhot, 5 at Hulun Buir, & 1 each at Chifeng & Erdos are currently at High Risk. 14 sites at Hohhot, 7 at Baotou, 6 at Chifeng, 2 at Erdos, & 1 each at Xilingol Banner & Hulun Buir are currently at Medium Risk.
Gansu Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 10 new domestic asymptomatic (4 each at Lanzhou & Qingyang, & 2 at Baiyin District in Baiyin) cases, all from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 61 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 5 sites at Baiyin are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
Shanxi Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 4 at Taiyuan, 2 at Jinzhong, & 1 each at Linfen, Xinzhou) & 5 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Taiyuan & 2 at Jinzhong) cases. There currently are 44 active domestic confirmed (25 at Taiyuan, 6 at Lüliang, 3 each at Datong, Jinzhong, Linfen & Xinzhou, & 1 at Shuozhou) & 40 active domestic asymptomatic (19 at Taiyuan, 8 at Shuozhou, 6 at Datong, 4 at Linfen, & 3 at Jinzhong) case in the province. 5 sites at Datong, 2 at Taiyuan, & 1 at Shuozhou are currently at High Risk. 7 sites at Taiyuan, 6 at Shuozhou, 4 at Datong, & 3 at Lüliang are currently at Medium Risk.
Shaanxi Province reported 11 new domestic confirmed (3 each at Hanzhong, Yan’an & Weinan, & 1 each at Hancheng & Xi’an) & 22 new domestic asymptomatic (7 at Xi’an, 4 each at Baoji, Shangluo & Xianyang, 2 at Weinan, & 1 at Yan’an) cases. 6 of the cases at Xi’an are persons under centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. 3 of the cases at Baoji are persons under centralized quarantine & 1 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 2 of the cases at Weinan came from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival, 1 from a fever clinic, & 2 traced close contacts. The case at Hancheng, Shangluo, Xianyang & Yan’an are persons under centralized quarantine since arrival. 2 domestic confirmed & 8 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 39 active domestic confirmed & 161 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 5 sites at Xi’an, 3 at Baoji, & 2 each at Shangluo & Weinan are currently at High Risk. 10 sites at Xi’an, 9 at Shangluo, 6 at Baoji, 2 at Xianyang & 1 at a Weinan are currently at Medium Risk.
Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 3 new domestic confirmed (all at Zhongwei) & 32 new domestic asymptomatic (20 at Zhongwei, 7 at Wuzhong, & 5 at Yinchuan) cases. 6 domestic confirmed & 326 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 26 active domestic confirmed & 1,032 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 164 sites at Zhongwei & 21 at Wuzhong are currently at High Risk. 45 sites at Zhongwei & 14 at Wuzhong are currently at Medium Risk.
Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region reported 97 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 12 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 439 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region.
Shandong Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Jinan) & 8 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Weifang, 2 each at Jining & Liaocheng, & 1 at Heze) cases, 6 persons under centralized quarantine, 2 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure, & 1 via screening of residents in Medium Risk areas. 1 domestic confirmed & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 23 active domestic confirmed (12 at Qingdao, 7 at Jinan, 3 at Dongying, & 1 at Dezhou) & 90 domestic asymptomatic (40 at Jining, 13 at Dongying, 12 at Qingdao, 10 at Heze, 5 at Liaocheng, 3 each at Linyi & Weifang, & 1 each at Dezhou, Jinan, Yantai & Zaozhuang) cases in the province. 4 sites at Dongying, 2 at Jinan, & 1 at Jining are currently at High Risk. 7 sites at Jining, 6 at Jinan, & 3 each at Dongying & Qingdao are currently at High Risk.
Hebei Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (both at Zhangjiakou) cases, both via community screening, both students at at college. 1 domestic confirmed & 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 4 domestic confirmed & 61 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 1 site each at Baoding & Zhangjiakou are currently at High Risk. 7 sites at Zhangjiakou, 2 at Langfang, & 1 each at Baoding & Shijiazhuang are currently at Medium Risk.
Henan Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (2 at Zhongmou County in Zhengzhou, & a person transferred from out of province at unspecified location) & 22 new domestic asymptomatic (6 at Ruzhou in Pingdingshan, 3 each at Xun County in Hebi & Zhongmou County in Zhengzhou, & 1 each at Hua County in Anyang & Xin’an County in Luoyang, & 8 persons transferred from out of province at unspecified locations) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic confirmed & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 123 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 6 sites at Pingdingshan are currently at High Risk.
Liaoning Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (3 at Chaoyang & 1 at Shenyang) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Chaoyang & Dalian) case. The cases at Dalian & Shenyang came from Xinjiang & tested positive upon arrival. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 1 site at Chaoyang are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Jilin Province reported 7 new domestic asymptomatic (5 at Changchun & 1 each at Baishan & Liaoyuan) cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed (both at Changchun) & 9 active domestic asymptomatic (6 at Changchun & 1 each at Baishan, Liaoyuan & Tonghua) cases in the province.
Heilongjiang Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 4 Harbin & 1 at Aihui District in Heihe) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Harbin) cases, all new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine. 17 domestic confirmed & 114 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 89 active domestic confirmed (54 at Jiamusi, 30 at Harbin, 3 at Heihe, & 1 each at Greater Hinggan Prefecture) & 803 active domestic asymptomatic (420 at Heihe, 334 at Jiamusi, 32 at Harbin, 10 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture, 3 each at Mudanjiang & Qitaihe, & 1 at Daqing) cases in the province. 19 sites at Jiamusi, 12 at Heihe, & 1 at Qitaihe are currently at High Risk. 84 sites at Jiamusi, 71 at Heihe, 4 at Greater Hinggan Prefecture, & 2 at Qitaihe are currently at Medium Risk.
Beijing Municipality reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 57 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine (56 from out of province). 1 domestic confirmed & 17 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 67 sites are currently at High Risk, & 21 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed case in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 9 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 7 new domestic asymptomatic (3 at Longzihu District in Bengbu, 2 at Taihe County in Fuyang, & 1 each at Luyang District in Hefei & Lai’an County in Chuzhou) cases, all persons coming from out of province. 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed & 42 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. All areas of the province are now at Low Risk.
Jiangsu Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (8 at Nanjing & 1 each at Changzhou & Xuzhou) & 12 new domestic asymptomatic (5 at Nanjing, 4 at Xuzhou, & 3 at Suzhou) cases, 1 via community screening (at Nanjing) & the rest are persons from out of province. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 44 active domestic confirmed & 57 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. 5 sites at Yangzhou, 4 at Nanjing, 3 at Xuzhou, & 1 at Suzhou are currently at Medium Risk.
Zhejiang Province reported 19 new domestic asymptomatic (8 at Jinhua, 5 at Hangzhou, 3 at Shaoxing, 2 at Jiaxing, & 1 at Quzhou) cases, 15 are persons under centralized quarantine, & 4 from out of province & tested positive upon arrival. 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered.
Fujian Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Fuzhou) case, a person coming from Xinjiang & under centralized quarantine. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed & 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. 3 sites at Xiamen are currently at Medium Risk.
Jiangxi Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic (2 at Nanchang & 1 at Xinfeng County in Ganzhou) cases. There currently are 28 active domestic asymptomatic (19 at Ji’an, 4 at Nanchang, 3 at Ganzhou, & 1 each at Yichun & Yingtan) cases in the province.
Sichuan Province reported 36 new domestic confirmed (15 previously asymptomatic) & 43 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 54 domestic confirmed & 58 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered.
Chongqing Municipality reported 13 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 6 at Wushan County, 3 at Shapingba District, & 1 each at Jiulongpo, Hechuan, Tongliang & Wanzhou Districts) & 24 new domestic asymptomatic (5 at Xiushan County, 4 at Dianjiang County, 3 at Pengshui County, 2 each at Bishan & Nan’an Districts & Fengdu & Wushan Counties, & 1 each at Changshou, Hechuan, Tongnan & Yubei Districts) cases, 22 of the new domestic positive cases are persons under centralized quarantine, & 4 via screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 32 active domestic confirmed & 49 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 sites are currently at High Risk, & 4 at Medium Risk.
Guizhou Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 11 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 23 domestic confirmed & 59 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 338 active domestic confirmed & 1,039 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
At Qinghai Province 7 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed & 21 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the region. 2 sites at Haixi Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 3 sites at Haidong & 2 at Haixi Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Tibet “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 36 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all persons under centralized quarantine or via screening of residents under movement control. 1 domestic confirmed & 55 asymptomatic cases recovered. The region is no longer publishing the count of active domestic positive cases.
Yunnan Province reported 10 new domestic confirmed (5 each at Kunming & Sipsongpanna Prefecture) & 30 new domestic asymptomatic (14 at Sipsongpanna Prefecture, 7 at Shaotong, 5 at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture, & 1 each at Hekou County in Honghe Prefecture, Jianshui, Lincang & Shizong County in Qujing) cases. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 108 active domestic confirmed & 257 active domestic asymptomatic cases there. 24 sites at Sipsongpanna Prefecture & 6 at Dehong Prefecture are currently at High Risk. 11 sites at Dehong Prefecture, 8 each at Kunming & Sipsongpanna Prefecture, & 1 at Honghe Prefecture are currently at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 10/5, Mainland China reported 46 new imported confirmed cases (7 previously asymptomatic), 103 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 222 confirmed cases recovered (41 imported), 1,072 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (77 imported) & 57 were reclassified as confirmed cases (7 imported), & 20,424 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 2,883 active confirmed cases in the country (620 imported), 16 in serious/critical condition (1 imported), 8,851 active asymptomatic cases (782 imported), 0 suspect cases. 205,555 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 10/5, 3,437.218M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 131K doses in the past 24 hrs.
As of 10/5, Hong Kong reported 4,318 new positive cases, 325 imported & 3,993 domestic, & 6 new deaths.
On 10/5, Taiwan added 46,484 new positive cases, 61 imported & 46,423 domestic (including 211 moderate or serious). There were 57 new deaths (ages ranging from < 5 y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of deaths range from 6/15 – 10/2, 44 w/ underly conditions, 10 fully vaccinated & boosted).