The number of coronavirus patients in severe and critical condition dropped below 100 on Friday in central Hubei province, Xinhua reportsThe health commission of Hubei said Saturday that among the 320 patients in hospital, 51 were still in severe condition and 44 others in critical condition. The commission said Hubei had 673 asymptomatic patients under medical observation by Friday, after 19 cases were ruled out while 17 new patients were reported. Medical experts said the treatment of the severe and critical cases remained difficult. "Most of the severe patients (in Wuhan hospitals) have turned negative in nucleic acid testing, so the anti-virus treatment is no longer needed," said Yuan Yufeng, vice president of Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital that mainly treats severely ill patients. Hubei has so far reported 67,803 confirmed cases in total, including 50,008 in Wuhan.

Source: The Standard April 11, 2020 10:18 UTC