Aug 21: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China

On Aug 20, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 602 new cases of confirmed infections (49 imported cases, 9 in Beijing municipality, 9 in Guangdong province, 8 in Shanghai municipality, 6 in Fujian province, 3 in Tianjin municipality, 3 in Liaoning province, 3 in Heilongjiang province, 3 in Sichuan province, 3 in Yunnan province and 2 in Shandong province, including 9 confirmed cases converting from asymptomatic cases, 3 in Beijing municipality, 2 in Liaoning province, 2 in Sichuan province, 1 in Fujian province and 1 in Shandong province; 553 indigenous cases,…