Covid-19 infections outside Hubei drop for 14th day


Workers producing medical N95 masks at a mask production company in southwest China's Chongqing, on Feb 17, 2020. - Xinhua

BEIJING/WUHAN (Xinhua): China's daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei, the epicentre province of the outbreak, have dropped for 14 consecutive days since Feb 3, with a total of 79 new confirmed cases reported on Monday, according to the National Health Commission on Tuesday (Feb 18).

A total of 890 new cases were reported outside Hubei on Feb 3.

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