21 new confirmed cases of 15 cases, including 2 local cases

From 0:24 p.m. on December 21, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 15 new confirmed cases, of which 13 were imported from abroad (6 in Shanghai, 3 in Guangdong, 2 in Inner Mongolia, 2 in Sichuan), 2 in China (all in Liaoning);
9 new cases were cured and discharged from hospital on the same day, 580 close contacts were released from medical observation, and the number of serious cases was the same as the previous day.
285 confirmed cases (of which 3 are serious cases) and 1 suspected case has been imported from abroad. A total of 4149 confirmed cases, a total of 3864 cases of cured discharge, no deaths.
As of 2400 hours on December 21, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported that there were 324 confirmed cases (of which 4 were serious cases), a total of 81909 cases were cured and discharged from hospital, a total of 4634 deaths were reported, a total of 86,867 confirmed cases were reported, and 1 suspected case existing. A total of 893,304 close contacts were traced, and 7,850 close contacts were still under medical observation.
31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 17 new cases of asymptomatic infection (11 cases imported from abroad);
received a total of 9049 confirmed cases from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Of these,
8,237 cases (6,910 discharges, 131 deaths), 46 cases (46 discharges) and 766 cases (627 discharges and 7 deaths) were discharged from the
Region.