China closes makeshift hospitals as virus cases plunge

China has closed most of the makeshift hospitals opened to receive coronavirus patients in the epidemic's epicentre as the number of new infections in the country hit a record low.

Most of the new cases, as well as 22 new deaths, were in Hubei, the central province at the epicentre of the outbreak.More than 80,700 people have been infected in total in mainland China.On Monday, all the new cases in the province were in the capital city Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December.

Eleven of the 16 makeshift hospitals in Wuhan converted from public facilities including stadiums and schools were suspended by Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. A senior government official hinted last week that China could soon lift the lockdown on the province imposed in late January, which has effectively restricted the movement of some 56 million people in Hubei.

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