The Chinese province of Hubei, home to the capital Wuhan where the virus first emerged last December, has seen no new virus cases for 32 days, says China state media outlet Xinhua.
It’s encouraging news for China’s fight against the outbreak as the country slowly eases restrictions in a bid to return to normal life.
And today, China reported just two new cases nationally, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 82,883, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,633.
However, critics have questioned if China’s numbers can be trusted – especially at the very beginning when the outbreak was first reported. But whether or not the data it’s providing is accurate, the trends do show that China is starting to emerge from the worst of the crisis.
