On August 16th, 22 new confirmed cases were imported from abroad.

From 0:24 p.m. on August 16, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 22 new confirmed cases, all of which were imported from abroad (8 cases in Guangdong, 4 cases in Yunnan, 3 cases in Shanghai, 3 cases in Shaanxi, 2 cases in Sichuan, 1 case in Fujian and 1 case in Shandong);
28 new cases were cured and discharged from hospital on the same day, 1517 close contacts were released from medical observation, and 4 fewer serious cases were reported than the previous day.
202 confirmed cases (no serious cases) have been imported from abroad, and there are 4 suspected cases.
2300 confirmed cases, a total of 2098 cases were cured and discharged from hospital, no deaths.
As of 2400 hours on August 16, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported that there were 612 confirmed cases (of which 30 were serious cases), 79,603 cases had been cured and discharged from hospital, 4,634 cumulative deaths had been reported, 84,849 confirmed cases had been reported and 4 suspected cases had been reported.
a total of 806,649 close contacts were traced, and 19,207 close contacts were still under medical observation.
31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 37 new cases of asymptomatic infection (36 cases imported from abroad);
received a total of 5010 confirmed cases from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
, 4480 cases were discharged from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (3,549 cases and 69 deaths), 46 cases were discharged from the Macao Special Administrative Region (46 cases of discharge) and 484 cases were discharged from Taiwan (450 cases of discharge and 7 deaths).
source: official website of the National Health Council.