Downtown Wuhan remains high-risk area for coronavirus

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-23 01:19:21|Editor: huaxia

WUHAN, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The downtown of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, remains a high-risk area for coronavirus, showed an evaluation by the provincial government on Sunday.

According to the risk-level evaluation, by midnight Saturday, Hubei had 75 cities and counties with low risks. Downtown Wuhan remains the only high-risk area. No medium-risk area is reported.

According to authorities, areas with no confirmed cases or with no new confirmed cases of infection for 14 consecutive days are considered low-risk areas, while those with more than 50 cases in total and outbreaks in 14 days are high-risk areas. Medium-risk areas are those with new cases in 14 days but no more than 50 cases in total, or those with more than 50 cases in total, but no outbreaks in 14 days.

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