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COVID-19 pandemic in Xinjiang | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Xinjiang, China |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei |
Index case | Ürümqi |
Arrival date | 23 January 2020 (4 years, 6 months, 4 weeks and 2 days ago) |
Confirmed cases | 902 |
Active cases | 160 |
Recovered | 739 |
Deaths | 3 |
The COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 23 January 2020, the local government confirmed the first two case in Urumchi, the capital city of Xinjiang.