Sri Lanka, Feb. 19 -- China's health authorities reported 1,749 new cases of coronavirus and 136 new deaths, bringing the totals to 74,185 and 2,004, respectively on mainland China as of Wednesday.
While deaths on the mainland have now exceeded 2,000, for the first time the number of patients who had recovered and been discharged from hospital was greater than the number of new cases reported. Outside Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, the number of new infections fell for the 15th consecutive day.
Hubei continued to be hardest hit by the coronavirus, with 1,693 new cases and 132 new deaths on Wednesday morning. The National Health Commission said 1,824 patients had recovered and had been discharged from hospital.
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