National Health Commission: 323 people with mental disorder are infected with COVID-19
China's National Health Commission Tuesday said 323 people with severe mental disorders are among the over 72,500 patients infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) so far.
There are also 43 others with mental disorders suspected of being infected as of Tuesday.
These people are scattered in 17 Chinese provinces but the majority were reported from Wuhan City, center of the virus outbreak in central China's Hubei Province.
But the commission did not specify which are the other 16 provinces.
It also called for strengthening community care and management for patients with mental disability.