WUHAN: All the 15 temporary hospitals built to exclusively receive Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, Hubei province, have been closed, with the daily number of reported new cases hitting a record low.
Wuchang Temporary Hospital, which was converted from a sports stadium, closed on Tuesday afternoon after its final 49 patients were discharged, making it the last of the temporary hospitals in Wuhan, the centre of the epidemic in China, to close its doors.
The city’s 15 temporary hospitals, which were converted from exhibition halls, sports stadiums and warehouses, received more than 12,000 patients, which means that one in four Covid-19 patients in Wuhan were treated there, said Ma Xiaowei, minister of the National Health Commission. In addition, only two new cases were reported in other areas of the Chinese mainland, both of which imported, the commission said.
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