(Yicai Global) Feb. 22 – A total of 22 patients infected with the novel coronavirus were released from hospital in Shanghai today after recovery, according to the Shanghai Health Commission. 

A total of 249 patients have recovered, the commission added.

No new cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in the city as of this noon, and 20 suspected cases were ruled out, the city's health commission said this afternoon.

So far, the city has reported 335 infections and ruled out 2,137 suspected cases.