Patients who recovered from novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) leave the Taikang Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 16,155 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Wednesday, Chinese health authority said Thursday.
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Wednesday saw 1,779 people walk out of hospital after recovery, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.
By the end of Wednesday, a total of 2,118 people had died of the disease and 74,576 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China. ■