BEIJING: The proportion of patients who recovered from the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) in China had increased to 10.6% on Tuesday from the lowest 1.3% on Jan. 27, Mi Feng, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC), said Wednesday (Feb 12). The reported number of new cases of the disease wavered but showed a downward trend, Mi said. The number of new confirmed cases had dropped from a peak of 3,887 on Feb 4 to Tuesday's 2,015, according to Mi. Outside Hubei Province, the epicenter, China's new confirmed cases of COVID-19 has been dropping for eight consecutive days, the NHC said. The number of new suspected cases had also fallen from the highest 5,328 on Feb. 5 to 3,342 on Tuesday, Mi said, adding that the numbers of new confirmed cases and new suspected cases had declined by 48.2 percent and 37.3 percent, respectively.

Source: The Star February 12, 2020 09:56 UTC