New infections decline for 9 consecutive days outside Hubei

Medical staff receive a patient infected with the novel coronavirus at the temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, February 12, 2020./Xinhua Photo

The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in China outside of Hubei Province has declined for nine consecutive days since February 3, said an official with the National Health Commission at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.

A total of 312 new confirmed cases were reported on Wednesday from 30 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

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Wednesday's figure was down from 377 on Tuesday, and 890 on February 3.

Hubei, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, reported 14,840 new cases (including 13,332 clinical cases diagnosed via CT scan) of infection on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 48,206 in the province.

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