848 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals, released from quarantine in Beijing
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 848 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from hospitals or released from quarantine as of Monday noon, Wang Xiao'e, an official with the Beijing municipal health commission, told a press briefing on Monday.
All the 1,534 infection cases reported in Beijing since April 22 have been sent to Beijing Ditan Hospital and a makeshift hospital in Xiaotangshan Township for treatment, Wang said, adding that the 686 patients in hospitals are asymptomatic cases or develop mild and moderate symptoms.
A total of 16.9 million samples were collected during a citywide nucleic acid testing in Beijing on Sunday, in which one tube of mixed sampling for COVID-19 that was collected in Tongzhou District was found positive, Wang said.
The national capital reported 63 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections between 3 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m. Monday, said Liu Xiaofeng, deputy head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center.
Currently, Beijing has 10 high-risk areas and 25 medium-risk areas for COVID-19.
Photos
- China’s central bank to issue commemorative coins on cultural theme of auspiciousness, including two heart-shaped coins
- Population of endangered black-headed gulls exceeds 10,000 mark in NE China’s coastal city of Panjin
- China's self-developed floating airship breaks record
- Chinese germplasm bank conserves biodiversity in warm temperate zone
Related Stories
- China strengthens COVID-19 control over cold-chain food imports
- Hong Kong to distribute 210,000 RAT kits following sewage COVID-19 detection
- COVID-19 pandemic "far from over": WHO chief
- U.S. sees risk of COVID-19 supply rationing without more funds: AP
- Americans still mired in pandemic though COVID severity, threat downplayed: report
Copyright © 2022 People's Daily Online. All Rights Reserved.