Twelve COVID-19 patients were discharged from Hebei Chest Hospital and 18 asymptomatic carriers completed a concentrated medical observation on their health conditions on Thursday afternoon, according to Xinhua News Agency.

The patients, the first batch discharged from the hospital during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in north China's Hebei Province, left the isolation ward and received flowers and greetings from medical workers at the hospital at 1 p.m.

Hebei reported 81 new locally transmitted cases on Wednesday.