Mainland China, COVID-19 Newly infected 1227 people ... Infection spreads in Sichuan Province = Chinese press

According to the announcement by the National Health and Health Commission of China, 1227 new domestic COVID-19 virus infections were confirmed in mainland China on May 17th. Of these, 227 were confirmed infections and 1000 were asymptomatic infections.

227 confirmed cases of infection in mainland China are 8 provinces and cities <Shanghai 96 cases, Beijing 52 cases, Sichuan province 49 cases, Tianjin 16 cases, Jilin province 9 cases, Henan province 3 cases, Jiangsu 1 case and 1 case of the Ministry of Qinghai>.

On the same day, three new deaths were reported, all confirmed in Shanghai. The current number of confirmed cases in mainland China is 5205. Of these, 301 are severely ill patients.

In addition, 1000 other asymptomatic cases spread to 12 provinces and cities.

The breakdown is 759 in Shanghai, 152 in Sichuan, 39 in Tianjin, 17 in Beijing, 15 in Anhui, 8 in Henan, 3 in Jilin, 3 in Jiangsu, and Ryonei. There are 1 case in the province, 1 case in Zhejiang province, 1 case in Hubei province, and 1 case in Guangdong province.

Currently, there are 47,277 asymptomatic infected persons undergoing medical observation.