Coronavirus: New infections drop for 13 straight days outside Hubei

Medical workers console a newly admitted patient at the Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, February 16, 2020./Xinhua Photo

The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in China outside of Hubei Province has declined for 13 consecutive days since February 3, according to data released by the National Health Commission.

A total of 115 new confirmed cases were reported on Sunday in 30 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a significant drop from 890 on February 3 and 166 on February 15.

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Hubei Province, the epicenter of the epidemic, reported 1,933 new confirmed cases on Sunday, bringing the total number in the province to 58,182.