SHANGHAI reported no new coronavirus infection cases by noon yesterday, with another 29 suspected cases ruled out and nine patients discharged from hospital, the Shanghai Health Commission announced.

However, a 79-year-old female patient died yesterday morning, it said. She had a history of high blood pressure and cerebral infarction, according to authorities.

So far, the city has reported 333 confirmed infections and ruled out 1,909 suspected cases.

Among confirmed patients, 128 are in stable condition, four are in serious condition and another 13 are critical, the commission said.

Two deaths have been reported and 186 patients have been discharged from hospital so far.

There are currently 123 suspected cases in the city.

Among all the confirmed cases, a total of 144 local patients have traveled or lived in Hubei Province, 33 have traveled or lived in other regions and 156 have contact history with the infected.

A total of 110 patients are from outside the city, while 223 are local residents, including those with registered residency or people staying in the city for over six months.

Shanghai’s housing management officials are on alert to ensure strict implementation of virus prevention measures at residential communities, government officials said at a press conference yesterday.

As of yesterday, the city’s housing management watchdog, as well as its district and subdistrict counterparts, had made inspection trips, including unannounced visits, to 3,084 residential complexes in the city and issued 185 rectification notices, according to Zhang Lixin, deputy director of the Shanghai Housing Management Bureau.

All residential communities in Shanghai are required to implement round-the-clock exit-entry management of residents, visitors and vehicles, conduct body temperature checks for everyone entering the community and have visitors register their information.

Apart from normal daytime inspections, several districts have designated special teams to conduct checks at night to make sure virus prevention measures are being enforced round the clock.

To deal with complaints regarding virus prevention-related issues, the housing management watchdog has established a mechanism which requires responses within 24 hours.

For complaints received through the city’s consumer complaint hotline 12345 and the property management hotline 962121, either the district or subdistrict housing management department should send their personnel to the site within 24 hours and make sure that there is the feedback from the watchdog for each complaint.