Patients who have recovered from the Covid-19 leave a temporary hospital set up to treat people with the coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 9, 2020. - AFP
BEIJING (Reuters): Mainland China had 19 new cases of coronavirus infections on Monday (March 9), the National Health Commission said on Tuesday, down from 40 cases a day earlier.
That brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,754.
