A total of 144 local confirmed cases have been reported in this round of epidemic in Lianyungang, and 26 people have been cured and discharged

(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) A total of 144 local confirmed cases were reported in Lianyungang in this round of epidemic, and 26 were cured and discharged.

China News Service, Lianyungang, March 18th (Reporter Gu Hua) ) On the 18th, Lianyungang City held the 13th press conference of this round of epidemic. Chen Zhi, director of the Lianyungang Municipal Health and Health Commission, reported that as of 24:00 on March 17, the city had reported a total of 144 local confirmed cases and 113 asymptomatic infections.

From 0:00 to 24:00 on March 17, 1 new local confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia and 14 asymptomatic infections were added in Lianyungang City. As of 7:00 on March 18, the city had a total of 117 closed areas and 77 control areas.

“Since this round of the epidemic, a total of 26 people have been cured and discharged from hospital, 16 people with asymptomatic infection have been released from isolation medical observation, and all of them have been transferred to designated rehabilitation hospitals for medical observation and health management.” Research and judgement and risk assessment, for the centralized isolation personnel who meet the relevant epidemic prevention standards, release the centralized isolation in batches. As of 7:00 on March 18, a total of 2,454 people have been released from centralized quarantine in this round of the epidemic, and all of them have implemented closed-loop transfer and home monitoring requirements in accordance with regulations.

Chen Zhi said that in the next step, Lianyungang will carry out a new round of nucleic acid testing in key areas of Haizhou District, thoroughly investigate potential hidden dangers, continue to do a good job in epidemic prevention and disinfection, and eliminate the source of virus infection and hidden risks. . At the same time, Haizhou District maintains the existing prevention and control policies unchanged, and strictly controls the flow of people; other counties and districts with local cases will implement regional and hierarchical control; counties and districts without local cases will fully implement normalized epidemic prevention and control measures. Do a good job of preventing external input and internal anti-rebound. (End)