As of June 6, 2022, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that originated in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China, had infected over 2.1 million people and killed 14,612 in the country. Hong Kong is currently the region with the highest active cases in China.
From Wuhan to the rest of China
In late December 2019, health authorities in Wuhan detected several pneumonia cases of unknown cause. Most of these patients had links to the Huanan Seafood Market. With Chinese New Year approaching, millions of Chinese migrant workers travelled back to their hometowns for the celebration. Before the start of the travel ban on January 23, around five million people had left Wuhan. By the end of January, the number of infections had surged to over ten thousand. The death toll from the virus exceeded that of the SARS outbreak a few days later. On February 12, thousands more cases were confirmed in Wuhan after an improvement to the diagnosis method, resulting in another sudden surge of confirmed cases. On March 31, 2020, the National Health Commission (NHC) in China announced that it would begin reporting the infection number of symptom-free individuals who tested positive for coronavirus. On April 17, 2020, health authorities in Wuhan revised its death toll, adding 50 percent more fatalities. After quarantine measures were implemented, the country reported no new local coronavirus COVID-19 transmissions for the first time on March 18, 2020.
The overloaded healthcare system
In Wuhan, 28 hospitals were designated to treat coronavirus patients, but the outbreak continued to test China’s disease control system and most of the hospitals were soon fully occupied. To combat the virus, the government announced plans to build a new hospital swiftly. On February 3, 2020, Huoshenshan Hospital was opened to provide an additional 1,300 beds. Due to an extreme shortage of health-care professionals in Wuhan, thousands of medical staff from all over China came voluntarily to the epicenter to offer their support. After no new deaths reported for first time, China lifted ten-week lockdown on Wuhan on April 8, 2020. Daily life was returning slowly back to normal in the country.
Number of novel coronavirus COVID-19 cumulative confirmed and death cases in China from January 20, 2020 to June 6, 2022
Characteristic
Confirmed
Deaths
Jun 6, 2022
2,104,800
14,612
Jun 5, 2022
2,104,600
14,612
Jun 4, 2022
2,094,300
14,608
Jun 3, 2022
2,094,300
14,608
Jun 2, 2022
2,094,100
14,606
Jun 1, 2022
2,094,000
14,605
May 31, 2022
2,093,900
14,604
May 30, 2022
2,093,700
14,604
May 29, 2022
2,093,600
14,602
May 28, 2022
2,093,300
14,602
May 27, 2022
2,093,000
14,601
May 26, 2022
2,092,600
14,600
May 25, 2022
2,092,200
14,597
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