China detects 2,591 new local cases of covid-19

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Beijing, 23 Mar The Chinese National Health Commission today announced the detection of 2,667 new positives for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus this Tuesday, 2,591 for local contagion and the rest, imported. The places with the highest rates of infections were Jilin (northeast, 2,320), Fujian (southeast, 110), Liaoning (northeast, 36) and Tianjin (northeast, 24). Health authorities also today reported the detection of 2,469 asymptomatic cases, 2,346 for local contagion, although Beijing does not count them as confirmed cases unless they manifest symptoms. The total number of such infections under observation is 22,000, of which 1,589 come from other territories. China, which is pursuing a severe “zero tolerance” policy towards the new coronavirus, is experiencing a wave of outbreaks attributed to the omicron variant that is causing record numbers of infections not seen since the start of the pandemic in the first half of 2020. The National Health Commission also detailed that, until last midnight local (16.00 GMT on Tuesday), 702 patients were discharged after successfully overcoming covid. The total number of active infected persons in mainland China is 25,103, fifty of whom are serious. According to the institution's accounts, since the beginning of the pandemic, 137,231 people were infected in the country, among whom 107,490 have managed to heal and 4,638 died. To date, more than 2.1 million close contacts with infected persons have been monitored by medical follow-up, of which 361,628 remain under observation.