From 0:00 to 24:00 on December 16, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps reported 76 new confirmed cases, including 20 imported cases (7 in Guangxi, 5 in Yunnan, 4 in Guangdong, 3 in Shanghai and 1 in Beijing) and 56 local cases (there were 44 cases in Zhejiang, including 40 in Shaoxing, 2 in Hangzhou and 2 in Ningbo; 5 in Shaanxi, including 4 in Xi'an and 1 in Yan'an; 4 in Inner Mongolia, all in Hulunbuir; 2 in Guangdong, including 1 in Guangzhou, 1 in Dongguan and 1 in Sichuan, all in Chengdu). There were no new deaths. There were 3 new suspected cases, all imported cases from abroad (all in Shanghai). On the same day, 26 cured discharge cases were added, 4634 close contacts were released from medical observation, and 4 severe cases were reduced compared with the previous day. There are 524 confirmed cases imported from abroad (including 5 severe cases) and 4 suspected cases. There are 10548 confirmed cases, 10024 cured cases and no deaths. As of 24:00 on December 16, According to the reports of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps, there are 1556 confirmed cases (including 10 severe cases), 93884 cured and discharged cases, 4636 dead cases, 100076 confirmed cases and 4 suspected cases. A total of 1377744 close contacts have been tracked and 51438 close contacts are still under medical observation. 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps reported 23 new asymptomatic infections, including 21 imported cases abroad and 2 local cases (all in Xi'an, Shaanxi); there were no confirmed cases on the same day; 11 medical observations were cancelled on the same day (9 imported abroad); 471 asymptomatic infections were still under medical observation (426 imported abroad). A total of 29354 confirmed cases were reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there were 12506 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (12180 cases discharged and 213 cases died), 77 cases in Macao Special Administrative Region (77 cases discharged), and 16771 cases in Taiwan (13742 cases discharged and 849 cases died). (Xinhua News Agency)