The largest temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients in east China's Shanghai was closed on Tuesday.

The hospital, set up in the National Exhibition and Convention Center, started receiving patients on April 9. Over 174,000 patients in the megacity received treatment here during the recent outbreak, and the last group of patients left the hospital on Monday.

Data shows that the biggest number of patients at the hospital in a single day was 46,902, with the highest single day record of 11,532. The average hospital stay was 7.4 days.

Another temporary hospital, which was the first of its kind during the recent outbreak and set up in the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, was closed last week.

Shanghai reported nine confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 22 local asymptomatic cases on Monday, the municipal health commission said on Tuesday.