CCTV news: This morning (April 27), Shanghai held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control. At the meeting, it was reported that on April 26, Shanghai added 1,606 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 11,956 local cases. Asymptomatic infection. Among the 1,606 local confirmed cases, 340 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, 13 were found in nucleic acid screening of relevant risk groups, and 1,253 were asymptomatic infected patients and turned into confirmed cases.
Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission Zhao Dandan: As of 24:00 on April 26, 244 severe patients and 27 critically ill patients had been treated in designated medical institutions. From March 1 to April 26, the city reported a total of 535,600 local positive infections of the new crown, of which 44,548 were confirmed cases and 491,052 were asymptomatic infections. Yesterday, 2,639 local confirmed cases in the city were discharged from hospital, and 30,534 asymptomatic infected persons were released from centralized isolation and medical observation, and they will return to their places of residence for health monitoring. From the 27th to the 30th, the screening work will be carried out by a combination of “nucleic acid + antigen”, and the scope of the three areas of sealing, control and prevention will be dynamically adjusted according to the test results. In addition, in order to facilitate the nucleic acid testing of citizens, we announced the first batch of 534 normalized nucleic acid sampling points through the “Shanghai Release” and “Healthy Shanghai 12320” last night, and will be announced dynamically in the future.