COVID-19 daily update (March 17)
Shenzhen reported 71 new locally transmitted confirmed cases and 20 locally transmitted asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 yesterday.
The city also reported 12 new imported confirmed cases and 19 imported asymptomatic cases of COVID-19. All patients of the imported confirmed cases arrived from Hong Kong, four asymptomatic ones reported previously. Among the patients of the imported asymptomatic cases, 18 arrived from Hong Kong and one arrived from Papua New Guinea.
They were put under closed-loop management upon entry and later transferred to the Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen for treatment. All of them are now in stable condition.