The decrease in the number of suspected coronavirus cases in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, proves that the diagnosis of such patients has been expedited, said Mi Feng, spokesperson for China's National Health Commission, at a press conference on Tuesday. 

On February 5, there were 2,071 suspected cases in the city while the number went down to 961 on February 10, Mi pointed out. 

This comes as Wuhan firmly implements various measures including collective treatment of confirmed coronavirus patients, quarantine of suspected cases and collective inspection of patients with fever and confirmed patients' close contacts. 

He concluded that these measures earn valuable time for patients to receive standardized treatments and reduce the number of severe and critical cases. They also help save medical resources for inspection of suspected cases in the future, creating winning conditions for Hubei Province and the whole country's war against the epidemic.