Chinese hospitals discharge 632 recovered patients of coronavirus infection

A total of 632 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Monday, Chinese health authorities announced Tuesday.

A cured patient poses for a photo at a hospital in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 3, 2020. The first patient diagnosed with novel coronavirus pneumonia in Ningxia is cured and discharged from hospital in Yinchuan on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua]

Monday saw 157 people walk out of the hospital after recovery (101 in Hubei), the National Health Commission (NHC) said in its daily report.

By the end of Monday, a total of 425 people had died of the disease and 20,438 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China.