A woman infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia gave birth to a baby girl with no infection, according to results of the first test in Xi'an city, northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Monday. The woman was 33 years old and at the 37th week of gestation when she gave birth via cesarean to a baby weighing 2.73 kilograms at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an.

The infant, whose first nucleic acid test associated with the novel coronavirus returned negative, is receiving intensive care and will be tested again in the next few days to confirm the absence of the virus, according to the provincial center for disease control and prevention.