COVID-19 treatment costs 2,396 USD per patient in China

The average(平均 píngjūn) cost(费用 fèiyòng) of treatment(治疗 zhìliáo) for COVID-19 patients on the Chinese mainland is about 17,000 yuan or 2,396 U.S. dollars, latest figures(数据 shùjù) from the National Healthcare Security Administration show.

As of March 15, China's healthcare system has spent over 750 million yuan for 44,189 patients who have been diagnosed(诊断 zhěnduàn) with COVID-19. The total cost for all confirmed and suspected coronavirus(冠状病毒 guānzhuàng bìngdú) cases came to about 1 billion yuan, which was covered by China's basic medical insurance(基本医疗保险 jīběn yīliáo bǎoxiǎn) and fiscal funds(财政资金 cáizhèng zījīn).

In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: Xinhua via AP]

Nucleic-acid tests(检测 jiǎncè) are free(免费 miǎnfèi) for Chinese citizens on the mainland who have shown symptoms(症状 zhèngzhuàng).

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[guān]冠<名词 n.>

hat; cap

E.g. yīguān zhěngqí衣冠整齐 be neatly dressed

hat-shaped thing

E.g.guānzhuàng bìngdú冠状病毒 coronavirus

[guàn]冠

<名词 n.> champion; first place

E.g. Tā shùxué chéngjī jū quánxiào zhī guàn.

他数学成绩居全校之冠。

He ranks first in mathematics in the school.

<动词 v.> crown with

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在名字前应冠以头衔。

Names should be preceded with titles.