Wuhan's municipal government Wednesday vowed to take care of all patients as the capital city of central China's Hubei Province undergoes the growing pressure of rapidly increasing the number of infected patients and shortage of medical supplies.

Hu Lishan, deputy secretary of the Wuhan municipal committee of the Communist Party of China, told reporters at a press briefing Wednesday night that the government will keep exploiting all social resources and making good use of existing ones to cope with the situation.

As the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan has reported 8,351 cases by Tuesday with 362 deaths.

A lot of people in the city with infection symptoms are short of proper medical treatment and flooded the designated hospitals, which will potentially increase the chances of cross-infection.

To tackle the situation, a mechanism to take and treat patients accordingly is gradually taking shape in Wuhan, with two makeshift hospitals, three shelter hospitals and numerous community hospitals put in place alongside the designated hospitals.

People concerned are also sorted into four groups, infected patients, suspected patients, people with close contact with infected patients, as well as patients with fever related to pneumonia, and will be treated accordingly in a bid to coordinate their care better and limit the virus' spread.

According to Hu, apart from the hospitals, a number of 132 community isolation points with a total bed capacity of 12,571 were also established, and 5,425 people were put in quarantine there accordingly as of Tuesday.

Three shelter hospitals which are transferred from major city venues will also put into use shortly and provide 4,400 beds for mildly infected patients.

In Wuhan, 28 designated hospitals will only take in patients in critical conditions in an attempt to better allocate medical resources.