Hubei reports 74 new COVID-19 cases, 28 new deaths

Seventy four new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths were reported in central China's Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak, as of midnight on Friday, according to China's National Health Commission.

All of the newly confirmed cases came from hard-hit Wuhan.

On the same day, 1,502 patients were discharged from hospitals in the province.