Over one-third of existing COVID-19 cases on Chinese mainland serious or critical: official

Source: Xinhua| 2020-04-01 16:27:55|Editor: huaxia

Nurse Zhu Li adjusts devices for a patient at the makeshift Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, March 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)

BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Over one-third of all the existing domestic COVID-19 cases in the Chinese mainland are in serious or critical conditions, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Wednesday.

"We should always make all-out efforts to treat the seriously or critically ill," said Mi Feng, spokesperson for the NHC, at a press conference.

As of Tuesday, 2,004 patients were still being treated on the Chinese mainland. Among them, 466 were serious or critical cases.

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