394 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 114 new deaths were reported on Wednesday, according to China's National Health Commission.

It's the first time since January 26 that the number of daily new cases in China was below 1,000.

On Wednesday, twelve provincial-level regions reported zero cases. They are Liaoning, Fujian, Shanxi, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, Yunnan and Qinghai.

That brings the total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland to 74,576 and the cumulative death toll to 2,118 by the end of Wednesday.

On the same day, Chinese health authorities said 1,779 patients were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 16,155.

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

Hong Kong: 65 (two dead, five recovered)

Macao: 10 (six recovered)

Taiwan: 24 (one dead, two recovered)