Wuhan reports no new domestic cases of coronavirus

BEIJING: The Chinese city Wuhan – the epicenter of novel coronavirus – marked a major milestone as the city reported no new domestic cases of COVID-19.

According to China’s Health Ministry, no new cases have been reported in Wuhan or in surrounding Hubei province, whereas, 34 new cases have been confirmed and all detected in people arriving from abroad.

The Ministry also informed that new deaths from the virus had fallen to just eight, bringing the toll since December to 3,245. In Hubei province, there were zero new cases, either domestic or from abroad, the ministry added.

The country has just begun loosening strict travel restriction within the country, but has stepped-up 14 days quarantine regulations on those arriving in Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere from overseas.

China has now recorded total number of 80,928 confirmed cases of coronavirus, while 70,420 people have been released from hospital and 7,263 remain in treatment.

The coronavirus first reported in Hubei’s Wuhan city in December last year, before spreading around the world. While other Asian countries that were first affected have come through the worst of it.