Between 00:00 and 24:00 of March 15th, 13 new confirmed locally transmitted cases (five in Changzhou, five in Lianyungang, one in Nanjing, one in Zhenjiang, and one in Suqian) were registered in Jiangsu province.

Sixty asymptomatic carriers (26 in Nanjing, 12 in Suzhou, 12 in Lianyungang, six in Changzhou, two in Wuxi, one in Yangzhou, and one in Zhenjiang) were newly reported in the province.

Five inbound asymptomatic carriers were registered and are under isolated medical observation.

Five confirmed cases (four local and one inbound) were discharged from hospitals, while an asymptomatic carrier was released from medical observation.

At present, 193 confirmed cases (170 local and 23 inbound) are under treatment at designated hospitals, while 189 asymptomatic carriers (173 local and 16 inbound) are under medical observation.

From January 22, 2020 to March 15, 2022, a total of 1,960 confirmed COVID-19 cases (including 209 inbound ones) had been reported in Jiangsu cumulatively.

As of this update, there are 20 high-risk and 328 medium-risk areas across the Chinese mainland.

Changzhou has classified nine areas in the city as medium or high-risk for the virus.

The high-risk area is the Qingyun Lanwan construction site at 8-2 Mid. Longjiang Rd. in Wuxing sub-district of Zhonglou district.

The eight medium-risk areas are Building 194 of Shunyuan Liucun residential area in Xuejia town of Xinbei district, the north part of Xincheng Lanzuan residential area in Hongmei sub-district of Tianning district, Caihongcheng residential area in Qinglong sub-district of Tianning, Zhangjia Village, Mingdong Street and Hongxing International Plaza in Hutang town of Wujin district, 101-1 Daoxiang Road in Xihu sub-district of Wujin, and Xiajiatang in Benniu town of Xinbei.