Recovery rates of COVID-19 patients continue to increase 

The number of locally confirmed cases and suspected cases of COVID-19 in Chinese mainland has continued to decline in the past week, Mi Feng, a spokesperson for the National Health Commission said at a press conference on Saturday.  

Meanwhile, the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the virus-hit city of Wuhan had ascended to 72.9 percent in the past week, while the rate has reached 92.7 percent in the rest of Hubei Province and other Chinese provinces has seen a recovery rate of 97.3 percent, he said. 

The recovery rate has continued to climb in the past week, he added.