BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland reported 11 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday outside Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak, down from 890 on Feb. 3, according to the National Health Commission Wednesday.
Of them, 10 cases, including six in Beijing, two in Shanghai, and one in Shandong and Gansu each, were imported from outside the Chinese mainland. The Chinese mainland saw a total of 79 imported COVID-19 cases as of the end of Tuesday, showed the commission figures.
The commission said it received reports of 24 new confirmed cases on Tuesday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, including 13 from Hubei of which all were from Wuhan, the provincial capital.
