In Wuhan, the city where the first deadly coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) was first discovered in the People’s Republic of China and has caused the death of 281,287 people since it has spread all over the world, no new COVID-19 cases have been encountered for more than a month. . According to the city’s public commission statement, COVID-19 was detected in a 89-year-old man who was tested after showing symptoms of the disease. The 89-year-old Wuhanli’s tested wife was also COVID-19 positive, but was included in ‘asymptomatic’ cases, since she did not have symptoms of the disease. It was stated that while the new COVID-19 patients live in the Dongxihu region of Wuhan, 20 positive cases were seen in the same region and the risk level of the region was increased to ‘middle’. The new case, the media reported, is the first case since April 3 in Wuhan. In Wuhan, the center of the epidemic in China, a total of 50,334 cases and 3,869 deaths were announced. Hard quarantine measures were taken The Chinese administration has implemented very strict quarantine measures in Hubei province, including Wuhan, the center of the outbreak. The quarantine measures in the city of 11 million began on 23 January and ended on 8 April. While similar measures have been taken in other parts of China, the Chinese administration cites these measures as the reason for controlling the number of cases and casualties. Today, a total of 14 new COVID-19 cases have been identified across the country, according to a statement by the Chinese National Health Commission. According to Reuters, this figure is the biggest increase nationally in a single day since April 28. Most of the new cases occurred in the city of Shulan, located in the Jilin region in northwest China. In response, local officials set the region’s risk level as ‘high’. China has also announced the detection of 20 new asymptomatic cases that are not included in the total case account. The total number of cases in China is 82,901 and the number of deaths is 4,633.
