China’s newly recovered coronavirus patients outnumber new infections for 7th consecutive day

China’s daily number of newly cured and discharged novel coronavirus patients has surpassed that of new infections for the seventh consecutive day, according to the National Health Commission Tuesday.

Monday saw 2,589 people walk out of hospital after recovery, much higher than the new confirmed infections, which was 508, figures from the commission showed.

A total of 27,323 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital by the end of Monday, according to the commission.

Monday marked the sixth consecutive day that China’s daily number of new infections remained under 1,000.

The newly recovered coronavirus patients in both Hubei Province and its capital city of Wuhan outnumbered new infections Monday, according to the figures.

Two patients infected with the novel coronavirus are cured and discharged from a hospital in Xining, Northwest China’s Qinghai province,Feb. 21, 2020. The total of 18 patients have all been cured and given the greenlight to return homes as of Friday, and no news cases were reported in the province. Photo:China News Service

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