U.S. President Donald Trump is confident that China is "trying very hard" to handle the coronavirus outbreak, he said in a television interview late on Wednesday.

China has reported a significant drop in new cases in Hubei Province at the heart of the outbreak, although the total death toll has exceeded 2,100 lives, it still ranks the epidemic among the biggest global health emergencies of recent decades.

"Well, I am confident that they are trying very hard," Trump said in an interview with Fox. "I think the numbers are going to get progressively better as we go along."

(With input from Reuters)