Cured coronavirus patients gesture on the bus home after a 14-day quarantine for medical observation at a rehabilitation center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
Altogether 72,703 patients had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Sunday.
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 459 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospital Sunday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.
Altogether 72,703 patients had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Sunday, the commission said in its daily report Monday.
As of Sunday, a total of 81,093 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,270 people had died of the disease. ■
