China on Wednesday confirmed 15,152 new coronavirus cases, including 13,332 clinical cases diagnosed via CT scan in Hubei Province, with 254 new deaths reported.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland to 59,804 and the cumulative death toll to 1,367.

On the same day, the country said 1,171 new patients were discharged from hospital, bringing the total of recovered cases to 5,911.

The numbers of confirmed cases in Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and China's Taiwan region are as follows:

Hong Kong: 50 (one dead, one recovered)

Macao: 10 (two recovered)

Taiwan: 18 (one recovered)