Xinjiang Discharges 1st Batch of Patients Cured of Novel Coronavirus

Medical staff present flowers to a cured patient of the novel coronavirus pneumonia at the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, February 11, 2020. The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on January 23. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

URUMQI, February 11 (Xinhua) — The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The patients, two males and one female, are local Xinjiang residents and they had undergone treatment in the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the local health commission.

Among them, a 48-year-old patient was previously in critical condition.

Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on January 23.

By the end of Monday, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. had confirmed 55 cases of novel coronavirus infections. No deaths were reported.

Three cured patients of the novel coronavirus pneumonia pose for a group photo with medical staff at the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, February 11, 2020. The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on January 23. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

Medical staff bid farewell to a cured patient of the novel coronavirus pneumonia at the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, February 11, 2020. The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on January 23. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

A cured patient of the novel coronavirus pneumonia waves goodbye to medical staff and journalists at the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, February 11, 2020. The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on January 23. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

Medical staff bid farewell to cured patients of the novel coronavirus pneumonia at the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, February 11, 2020. The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on January 23. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

Two cured patients of the novel coronavirus pneumonia walk out of the isolation ward at the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, February 11, 2020. The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on January 23. [Xinhua/Wang Fei]

(Source: Xinhua)