(Yicai Global) Feb. 13 -- Chinese health authorities said today that it received reports of 15,152  new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 254 deaths yesterday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Among the deaths, 242 were in Hubei province, two in Henan province as well as one in Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shandong, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and  the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps respectively, according to China's National Health Commission. 

Hubei reported 1,4840 new confirmed cases yesterday. The figure included 13,332 clinically diagnosed cases, which have been seen as confirmed cases from today. 

Another 2,807 new suspected cases were reported yesterday, including 1,377 in Hubei, said the commission.

Also yesterday, 1,171 people were discharged from hospital after recovery.

The overall confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland had reached 59,804 by the end of yesterday, the commission said, noting that a total of 1,367 people had died of the disease.

The commission added that 8,030 patients remained in severe condition, and 13,435 people were suspected of being infected with the virus.

A total of 5,911 people had been discharged from hospital after recovery.

The commission said 471,531 close contacts had been traced. Among them, 181,386 others are still under medical observation.

By the end of yesterday, 50 confirmed cases had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including one death, one cured and discharged from hospital), 10 in the Macau Special Administrative Region (including two cured and discharged from hospital) and 18 in Taiwan (including one cured and discharged from hospital).

Newly Confirmed and Suspected Cases in Chinese Mainland

Newly Confirmed and Suspected Cases in Chinese Mainland

Total Confirmed Cases in Major Provinces With Dense Floating Population

New Confirmed Cases in Major Provinces With Dense Floating Population

The data came from the National Health Commission. The charts were provided by Yicai Research Institute.

Editor: Xia Ruirui