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More people in China have recovered from coronavirus than are still infected as one of the hospitals built amid the outbreak CLOSES after discharging the last of hundreds of patients

More people in China have recovered from coronavirus than are currently ill for the first time since the outbreak began in December
• As of Monday, about 90, people have recovered and about , are ill
• One of temporary hospitals that opened in Wuhan to treat new infections closed after releasing its last 38 patients
• Just 200 new cases were reported in the Hubei province, where Wuhan is located on Sunday, the first time that fewer in a day were reported since January (

Natalie Rahhal Acting Us Health Editor

and Mary Kekatos Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.com

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: : (EST, 2 March) Figures released by

China on Monday suggest that the tide of the coronavirus epidemic in the nation may be turning.

There are now more patients who have recovered from the illness than there are people who are still infected there.

according to China Global TV Network , as of Monday, there are at least , people who have recovered from the virus. By comparieson, there about , 500 existing cases in the county where COVID – (first appeared.)

It’s a promising sign for China’s fight against the disease that emerged there in December, but comes as cases explode in the US, (Italy , South Korea and Iran .

More people in China have recovered from coronavirus than are currently ill for the first time since the outbreak began in December. Pictured: Staff at Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan pose with Ms Hu (center) who, at age , is the oldest patient to recover from coronavirus

As of Monday, about , people in China have recovered from the virus and about 44, 03 are currently ill. Pictured: Medical staff at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan treat a critically ill coronavirus patient, March 1

Worldwide, more than , patients have been infected with coronavirus and more than 3, people have died

In Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, the first of 16 hospitals built specifically to handle the swell of coronavirus patients has closed after discharging its last 38 recovered patients, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

Cases in the Hubei province, where th virus fiorst emergedf in the city of Wuhan, have slowly declined with just 196 new infections reported on Sunday.

This is the first time that the province has reported fewer than 500 in a day since January, China’s National Health Commission said.

‘ The rapid rising trend of virus cases in Wuhan has been controlled, ‘Mi Feng, a spokesman for the National Health Commission, said at a briefing.

‘Outbreaks in Hubei outside of Wuhan are curbed and provinces outside of Hubei are showing a positive trend.’

Chen Yixin, the Communist Party chief in Wuhan, praised the government efforts to control the spread of the virus such as canceling Luna New Year celebrations and banning planes and trains from entering and leaving the city. According to Reuters , the Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission says it expects cases in China to soon fall below 200 per day.

In another sign that the country is slowly returning to normal, 20 provinces across China lowered their coronavirus emergency response level over the last week from level I, which is the most serious, to either level II or level III, which are less serious. (One of) temporary hospitals that opened in Wuhan to treat new infections closed after releasing its last 38 patients. Pictured: Dr Kong Yuefeng (left), a recovered coronavirus patient donates plasma at a clinic in Wuhan, February Just

new cases were reported in the Hubei province, where Wuhan is located on Sunday, the first time that fewer 400 in a day were reported since January. Pictured: A staff member at at an exhibition center converted into a hospital in Wuhan checks the temperature of a patient who had mild coronavirus symptoms, February There have been reports of people in Japan falling ill with coronavirus after recovering but none in China, according to (Business Insider .

Because re-infection appears to be low, the figures suggest that China may over the worst of the outbreak.

Worldwide, more than , patients who have been infected and more than 3, 03 people have died.

In the US, more than people have fallen ill and six people have died – all in Washington state.

            

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