Nearly 89 percent of confirmed COVID-19 cases in China recovered

Of the 81,093 cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak in December last year as many as 72,703 have recovered while only 5,120 patients remain in hospitals at the moment.

Beijing: Nearly 89 percent of the confirmed novel coronavirus cases in China have recovered and discharged from hospitals as per Monday's report from the country's National Health Commission.

Of the 81,093 cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak in December last year as many as 72,703 have recovered while only 5,120 patients remain in hospitals at the moment.

"As of 24:00 on March 22, the National Health Commission had received 81,093 reports of confirmed cases and 3,270 deaths in 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and in all 72,703 patients had been cured and discharged from hospital," the report read.

"There remained 5,120 confirmed cases including 1,749 in serious condition and 136 suspected cases," it added.

The Hubei province -- the epicenter of the outbreak from -- reported no case of coronavirus through Sunday while 447 patients were released from hospitals after being cured including 434 in Wuhan.

Mainland China reported 39 new imported confirmed cases of coronavirus -- including 10 in Beijing.

(With inputs from ANI)