Is there an epidemic in Pengxi?

On August 8, the Information Office of Suining Municipal People's Government of Sichuan held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control. The cover journalist learned from the meeting that as of August 8 14, a total of 1 cases of COVID-19 infection were reported in this round of local epidemic, all of which were returned to Pengxi County from outside the province. They were found in the "physical examination after entering Sichuan". After comprehensive judgment by the municipal expert group, they were diagnosed as COVID-19 confirmed cases (mild cases) and have been transferred to designated hospitals for isolation treatment. There were newly confirmed cases 1 case in Pengxi, Suining, Sichuan, among which 3 cases were classified as medium risk areas.

Since 0: 00 on August 8, Pengxi County has carried out free nucleic acid testing twice in three days, and set up 40 sampling points that should be detected. From 9: 00 pm on August 7th to noon on August 8th 12, * * * collected 82,298 nucleic acid samples and tested 22,709 samples, and the results were negative.