The Chinese authorities announced today, Tuesday, the registration of 17 new deaths and 19 confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus (Covid 19) nationwide, while confirming the decrease in the number of serious cases. p>

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She explained that the cases, including 17 cases, in Hubei Province, central China, were the epicenter of the virus, while all deaths were in the same province.

The committee added that the number of new suspected cases was 36, indicating that the number of serious cases decreased to 4,794, while he left hospitals since the virus appeared and spread to 59982 patients after Recovering.

The committee said that 17,721 people are still receiving treatment and 16,982 people are under medical observation after contact with HIV-positive patients, including 4,148 people who have been discontinued from medical surveillance.

In the same context, the committee said that during the past 24 hours, two cases of new (Corona) virus infection were recorded for travelers coming to China, one in the capital (Beijing) and the other in the province ( Kwang Dong).

She revealed that the daily number of patients who recovered from the virus and left hospitals in China exceeded that of new confirmed infections for the 21st day in a row, as the number of people recovering during the past 24 hours reached 1297 people. Compared to 19 confirmed cases during the same period.

For his part, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday arrived in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, the epicenter of the virus, to inspect the anti-virus work and control it in Both Hubei and its capital, Wuhan.

During this inspection visit, which is his first to the city since the outbreak of the virus last January, he expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the medical staff, military officers, soldiers, housing community workers and police officers. And the officials and volunteers fighting the virus on the front lines.