Coronavirus epicentre Wuhan reports one confirmed case; 13 new deaths in China

Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of vel coronavirus, reported just one confirmed case on Monday as dely COVID-19 grually abated but 13 people died in country taking death toll so far to 3,226, Chinese health officials said on Tuesday.

Wuhan along with entire Hubei province with over 50 million people was kept under total lockdown since January 23 banning all movement of transportation after virus first emerged in December.

Chinese city of Wuhan reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 and 12 deaths on Monday, provincial health commission said on Tuesday. latest report brought total confirmed cases of virus in Hubei province to 67,799.

Among 8,004 hospitalised patients, 2,243 were still in severe condition and ar 539 in critical condition, it said.

As virus began to abate in its worst affected areas, Wuhan and Hubei province, China on Monday anunced plans for an orderly withdrawal of thousands of medical staff deployed re while a top medical expert said coronavirus outbreak has "almost seen its end" in country but a final judgement would be me after a month.

China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said 21 new confirmed cases of vel coronavirus infection and 13 deaths were reported on Chinese mainland on Monday.

Of deaths, 12 were in Hubei Province and one in Shaanxi Province, it said. Meanwhile, 45 new suspected cases were reported, commission said.

overall confirmed cases on mainland have reached 80,881 by end of Monday. This includes 3,226 people who died of disease, 8,976 patients who were still being treated, 68,679 ors discharged after recovery.

commission said that 128 people were still suspected of being infected with virus. Meanwhile, 20 imported cases were reported on mainland on Monday taking total to 143. Beijing reported nine imported cases.

As of Monday, 157 confirmed cases, including four deaths, have been reported in Hong Kong, 11 confirmed cases in Macao SAR, and 67 in Taiwan including one death.

virus that first emerged in China's Wuhan city in Hubei province in December last year has spre to 155 countries, infected 182,405 people and has claimed 7,154 lives, according to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus tracker.

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A leing Chinese official group, heed by Premier Li Keqiang, suggested orderly withdrawal of medical staff supporting virus-hit Hubei province for which Wuhan is capital.

China deployed over 30,000 medical personnel, including staff from military, and built 14 makeshift hospitals at height of coronavirus outbreak in January. makeshift hospitals have been dismantled.

leing group asked officials to ensure high-level treatment of severe COVID-19 patients in Wuhan while withdrawing supporting medical teams, state-run China Daily reported.

Meanwhile, Cao Wei, Deputy Director and Associate Chief Physician of Department of infectious diseases of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said dely coronavirus which brought China to a grinding halt for about three months has "almost seen its end".

"Currently, after three months of fight, (virus) outbreak in China, which started in last December has almost seen its end," said Cao.

"We will still wait for ar month to see and make final judgement," Cao, who was in Wuhan directing mammoth medical operations to fight disease, told an online media briefing.

She also said that data has been found to indicate relationship between vel coronavirus and wear.

"We all kw WHO declared it as a pandemic a few days ago. It means situation globally will t solely depend on China or any or single county," Cao told online media briefing from Wuhan ding that China would take a call on it in about a month.

Asked wher China apprehends a second wave of virus, she said relapse of COVID-19 epidemic in China "would t be a great concern under current prevention and control measures."

She said number of newly reported cases of coronavirus in country, including imported ones might stay at a relatively low level, but it would last for a certain period of time as imported cases have become an important source of COVID-19.

Cao also said re is evidence to show that virus would abate with onset of summer and resultant rise in temperatures, ruling out prevailing view that summer heat would subdue virus. re is data about COVID-19 relevance to wear pattern.

" impact of wear on COVID-19 has t been confirmed yet," Cao said.

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