Besides the two hospitals, China also built 14 additional makeshift health centres to quarantine and treat the COVID-19 patients. The hospital was closed as no new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease were reported in the province on Tuesday. Hubei has so far reported 67,803 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 50,008 in Wuhan. The overall confirmed cases in the country reached 82,295 by Tuesday. Health experts said that the Suifenhe city at the China-Russia border might become another Wuhan amid sharp increase of COVID-19 cases following an exodus of Chinese nationals from Russia.

Source: The Hindu April 15, 2020 04:41 UTC