As of midnight on Feb 23 (Beijing Time), t
here still remained
49,824
confirmed cases (including
9,915
in serious condition) on the Chinese mainland.
China's National Health Commission (NHC) had in total received
77,150
reports of
COVID-19
confirmed cases
and
2,592
deaths.
To date,
24,734
patients had been cured and discharged from hospital.
The daily number of newly cured and discharged patients has surpassed that of new confirmed infections for the sixth consecutive day.
The number of new confirmed cases
outside Hubei
dropped from the peak of 890 to
11
on Feb. 23
despite some fluctuations.
24
province-level regions recorded
zero new infections
the same day.
More than
33,000
medical personnel, including
4,000
military medics, have been sent to Wuhan from across the country, while the number of hospital beds reserved for COVID-19 patients has risen to about
40,000.