Under 500 cases! On May 3rd, the number of confirmed cases in China was the lowest since January 23rd.

　　CCTV News:On May 4th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference, and invited the responsible persons of Henan Transport Team, Thunder God Mountain hospital Liaoning Medical Team, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Xiangya Hospital of Central South University to answer questions from the media. At the meeting, Mi Feng, spokesperson of the National Health and Wellness Commission and deputy director of the Propaganda Department, introduced the epidemic situation on May 3.

　　0: 00 on May 3rd — At 2400 hours, the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported that there were 3 newly confirmed cases, all of which were imported from abroad, including 2 cases in Shanghai and 1 case in Shandong; No new deaths; One suspected case was added, which was imported from overseas to Shanghai. On that day, 53 new cases were cured and discharged, 632 people were released from close contact with medical observation, and 1 case was reduced in severe cases.

　　There are 402 confirmed cases imported from abroad, including 5 severe cases and 3 suspected cases. A total of 1675 cases were diagnosed, and 1273 cases were cured and discharged, with no death.

　　As of 24: 00 on May 3, according to the reports of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there are 481 confirmed cases, including 33 severe cases; A total of 77,766 discharged cases were cured, 4,633 cases died, 82,880 confirmed cases were reported, and 3 cases were suspected. A total of 734,766 close contacts were tracked, and 7,392 close contacts were still under medical observation.

　　13 cases of asymptomatic infection were newly added, including 2 cases imported from abroad; No confirmed cases were found on the same day; On the same day, 19 cases were released from medical observation, including 2 cases imported from abroad; 962 cases of asymptomatic infection are still under medical observation, including 98 cases imported from abroad.

　　A total of 1520 confirmed cases were reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there are 1039 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 45 cases in Macao Special Administrative Region and 436 cases in Taiwan Province.

　　On May 3rd, the number of confirmed cases in China dropped below 500, the lowest since January 23rd. The total number of existing confirmed and suspected cases imported from abroad decreased for three consecutive weeks. In the past two weeks, a total of 92 confirmed cases were imported from abroad, which was lower than the previous one-day peak. Mi Feng said that it is necessary to continue to tighten the string of "external defense input" and always do a good job in the whole chain management from "overseas" to "national" and then to "home" to achieve seamless docking and closed-loop operation.