Hubei recorded another 349 cases of corona virus, a sharp decline from 1,693 new cases the day before. The number of deaths from worldwide epidemic is 2,120.

The Hubei Provincial Health Commission today announced the number of nCoV infections in the province was 62,031, an increase of 349 compared to yesterday. This is the lowest increase since January 25. Another 108 deaths in Hubei, an increase of 5.6% compared to yesterday, bringing the number of deaths from nCoV in the province to 2,029.

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Medical staff take care of a patient in Wuhan on February 16 Photo: AFP

With the new data of Hubei, the number of deaths across mainland China increased to 2,112. An additional 360 people were infected, bringing the total number of infections in mainland China to 74,545. 12,017 people in critical condition. 16,142 people recovered.

Worldwide, 75,662 people were infected with nCoV and 2,120 people died. 16,342 people recovered and 12,064 people in critical condition. Iran yesterday discovered the first two people infected with nCoV in the country and they died a few hours later. A total of 8 people died of nCoV recorded outside of mainland China, including Japan, France, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Iran.

The Covid-19 epidemic broke out in Wuhan from December 2019, appearing in 28 countries and territories. From February 13, Hubei changed the method of calculating the number of cases, the cases with clinical manifestations or clinically diagnosed with viral infections were included in the new case data.