During the 24 hours of January 17, Hunan reports 2 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. They were imported asymptomatic cases before. On that day, they were re-categorized as confirmed cases.

As of 24:00 on January 17, a total of 1,026 cumulative confirmed cases had been reported in Hunan, 4 people had died, 1,017 patients had been discharged from hospitals, and there are currently 5 patients hospitalized (imported cases).
 
During the 24 hours of January 17, there was 1 new asymptomatic COVID-19 case reported in Hunan (imported case re-categorized as confirmed one on the same day). There were no new cases out of quarantine. There were 6 people under medical observation (imported cases).
 
A total of 29,712 close contacts have been traced, among whom 231 were under medical observation while 29,481 others have been discharged.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn